Designing, selecting, implementing and using APS systems. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vincent C.S. Wiers, A. (Ton) G. de Kok.
• Other Names: Wiers, Vincent C.S; Kok, A. G. de
• Contents: ""Dedication""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Chapter 1: Definition and Context""; ""1.1 Planning Environment""; ""1.2 What Is an APS System""; ""1.2.1 Definition of APS""; ""1.2.2 APS Structure""; ""1.2.2.1 Model""; ""1.2.2.2 Functionality""; ""1.2.2.3 User Interface""; ""1.2.3 APS Versus MRP-Based Planning""; ""1.2.4 APS Planning Levels""; ""1.3 History of APS""; ""1.3.1 The 1960s: MRP, Theory of Scheduling""; ""1.3.1.1 MRP""; ""1.3.1.2 Theory of Scheduling""; ""1.3.2 The 1970s and 1980s: MRP-II and FCP""; ""1.3.2.1 MRP-II""; ""1.3.2.2 FCP"" ""1.3.3 The 1990s: ERP and APS""""1.3.4 The 2000s to Today: Comprehensive APS Suites""; ""1.4 Application Areas""; ""1.4.1 Process Industry""; ""1.4.2 Discrete Manufacturing""; ""1.4.3 Transportation""; ""1.4.4 Personnel Planning and Scheduling""; ""Chapter 2: Why Apply APS""; ""2.1 Situational Conditions""; ""2.1.1 Complexity""; ""2.1.2 Large Scale""; ""2.1.3 Inflexibility""; ""2.2 APS Strategy and Benefits""; ""2.2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2.2 Supply Chain Strategy""; ""2.2.3 Case APS-MP""; ""2.2.4 Creating a Business Case""; ""2.2.5 Qualitative Benefits""; ""2.2.6 Case APS-CP"" ""2.3 Deficiencies of MRP""""2.3.1 Planning Resource and Material Availability""; ""2.3.2 Allocation and Synchronization""; ""2.3.3 Capacity Planning""; ""2.3.4 Case APS-CP""; ""2.4 Organizational Readiness""; ""2.4.1 Vision""; ""2.4.2 Brains""; ""2.4.3 Data""; ""2.4.4 Predictability""; ""2.5 Possibly Conflicting Approaches""; ""2.5.1 Centralized vs Decentralized Control""; ""2.5.2 Workload Control""; ""2.5.3 Agreement on Autonomy: Who Decides What?""; ""2.5.4 Product Mix Planning vs Order Planning""; ""2.6 APS Success and Failure""; ""Chapter 3: Decision Hierarchies"" ""3.1 Hierarchies and Complexity""""3.1.1 Decision Hierarchies""; ""3.1.2 Complexity and Uncertainty""; ""3.1.2.1 Why Uncertainty Is Complex""; ""3.1.2.2 Detailed Scheduling and Uncertainty""; ""3.1.2.3 Illustration of the Impact of Uncertainty: Lot Sizing Policies in MRP-I Systems""; ""3.1.2.4 Buffering Against Uncertainty""; ""3.1.2.5 Structural Complexity""; ""3.1.3 Dealing with Types of Complexity""; ""3.1.3.1 ICT""; ""3.1.3.2 Slack""; ""3.1.3.3 Decomposition""; ""3.1.4 Decomposition Approaches""; ""3.1.4.1 Integration Reduces Decision Space"" ""3.1.4.2 Decomposition Exploits Quality of Information""""3.1.4.3 The Art of Decomposition and Modeling""; ""3.2 Production Control Frameworks""; ""3.2.1 The Role of Standard Frameworks""; ""3.2.2 Hierarchical Planning Paradigm""; ""3.2.3 Decomposition in MRP-II""; ""3.2.4 Campaigns and Batches""; ""3.3 Decision Hierarchy""; ""3.3.1 A Natural Hierarchy""; ""3.3.2 Constructing a Hierarchy""; ""3.3.3 Case APS-MP""; ""3.3.4 Planning and Scheduling""; ""3.3.4.1 Definition of the Concept""; ""3.3.4.2 Characterizing Planning and Scheduling""""3.3.4.3 Connection Between Planning and Scheduling""
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (213 pages)
• Subjects: 658.5/03; 650; Business; Production planning; Enterprise resource planning; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Enterprise resource planning; Production planning; Business & Economics -- Operations Research; Technology & Engineering -- General; Operational research; Engineering: general; Management science; Business logistics; Operations research; Engineering economy; Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management; Management of specific areas; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319650555; 3319650556
• Related ISBNs: 9783319650548; 3319650548
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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