Kanban implementations are often disappointing and short lived. Companies are promised better service, lower inventories, and level demand. But more often the system is abandoned after a short period as it has turned the shop floor into chaos… What went wrong? We...
Let me just cut straight to the point: MRP and APS in the end simply don't work. These approaches are based on what I call "the paradigm of the makeable reality". They start from a large number of doubtful assumptions about this reality, like demand, inventory,...
The (customer order) decoupling point (CODP) or order penetration point is one of the most well-known logistical concepts. It indicates the inventory location in the value stream up to which the customer order penetrates. The CODP is one of the key design decisions...
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