This book explains the strategy of building to customer demand
(Postponement) -- a process that has enabled companies to ship an
increasing variety of products, provide very short lead times,
carry little or no finished goods inventory, and compete
effectively with offshore manufacturers.
Building to
Customer Demand
by Tom
Wallace and Bob Stahl
This book accomplishes two important tasks. First,
it presents the fundamentals of Master Scheduling in a clear,
concise, and complete manner. It's simple and easy to
understand.
Second, it explains the relationship between Master
Scheduling and Supply Chain Management, Lean Manufacturing, and
Efficient Customer Response. It's contemporary and
up-to-date.
Topics covered by Tom Wallace and Bob Stahl
include:
- Overview of Master Scheduling – Where
Does It Fit and What Does It Do?
- Master Scheduling's role in Supply Chain
Management. How Lean Manufacturing supports Master
Scheduling – and Vice Versa.
- Order Fulfillment Strategies – Where Do
You Meet the Customer?
- The Logic of Master Scheduling – How It
Works – and Why.
- The Demand Side – Forecast Consumption
and Customer Order Promising.
- The Supply Side – Capacity Planning, the
Finishing Schedule, Finite Scheduling.
- Supporting The Strategies – How Master
Scheduling Supports Finish-To-Order, Build-To-Order, Make-To-Order,
Make-To-Stock, DRP, and Capacity Only Master
Scheduling.
- The Master Schedulers' Job – What Do
They Do and What Do They Need?
- Making Master Scheduling Work – Starting
Over or Starting From Scratch. Using the Master Scheduling
Effectiveness Checklist.
This book – simple, easy-to-understand, up-to-date –
speaks to the needs of both experienced professionals as well as
people new to this field and this process.
It is an important addition to the personal libraries of
practitioners and professionals in the world of Logistics, Demand
Management, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management.
BOOK
REVIEW
"It's obvious that co-authors Wallace and
Stahl know and understand manufacturing. . . The authors also
provide worksheets and job aides such as the master scheduler job
description, master scheduling policy, and an implementation
checklist which are intended for use within the reader's
organization."
Kristina L. Wood
APICS Magazine
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