Executive Summary Vertical integration is an industry structure that is employed to control sequential supply. We cover both backward and forward integration. Introduction Those who have a familiarity with business have heard of the term vertical integration — where one company performs all of the activities that lead to the output product. Some of the…
Executive Summary The familiar story is that Ford invented mass production through the assembly line. Others preceded Ford, but Venice shipbuilding had a moving ship assembly line far earlier. The formal study of production scheduling is relatively recent, with research only extending back to the 1970s. We cover several of the most influential people in…
Executive Summary Backflushing, which can be described as postproduction issuing, is the method of issuing materials to production orders when the production of a specific operation is completed. Backflushing often works well when production runs are long and in repetitive manufacturing environments. Video Introduction: How to Best Perform Backflushing in SAP ERP Text Introduction (Skip…
Executive Summary We cover backward and forward scheduling and its setup and implications for SAP ERP and SAP APO. We show examples of the setup in SAP ERP and SAP APO with the SNP Heuristic. Video Introduction: Scheduling Direction – a Primary System Control Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Scheduling direction is a…
Executive Summary Mixing operations for batch production tend to be little discussed, but they are a common manufacturing type. We cover mixing operations and mixing and blending operations. Paint manufacturing and other mixing operations or mixing process like them do not have the same needs in production scheduling even though they are classified as process…
Executive Summary A recipe is the process industry name for a bill of materials. We cover recipes in SAP ERP, how the recipe with the Production Version of SAP ERP works, and how to create and copy Production Versions and recipe management. Video Introduction: Considering Recipes for Process Industry Manufacturing Text Introduction (Skip if You…
Executive Summary PP/DS is a significant mismatch with process industry manufacturing. This topic is necessary to understand the limitations of PP/DS for scheduling, and we provide specific examples. Process industry production scheduling means the ability to handle leading and lagging operations. Introduction PP/DS has had few successes in process industry manufacturing. In this article, we…