Monthly Archives: April 2015

(L. Schmidt and P. Nawrot) Important for effective JIT schedules: communication, within the organization and outside suppliers. Better scheduling improves the ability to meet customer orders, drives down inventory by allowing smaller lot sizes and reduces work-in-process. Examples to reduce … Continue reading →

(J. de la Cerda and R. Rodríguez)   eoq-exercises

(L. Schmidt and P. Nawrot) KANBAN Way to achieve small lot sizes is to move inventory through the shop only as needed rather than pushing it on the next workstation whether or not the personal there are ready for it. … Continue reading →

(R. Iglesias and L. Gete) 1. Briefly remainder of what Material Requirement planning is, and its characteristics: Material Requirement Planning (MRP) is a dependent demand technique that uses a bill-of-material, inventory, expected receipts, and a master production schedule to determine … Continue reading →

(J. Moreno and D. de la Cruz) LOADING JOBS Loading means the assignment of Jobs to work or processing centers. Operations Managers assign jobs to work centers so that cost and completion times are kept to a minimum Work centers … Continue reading →

(J.I. Camino and A. Fernández-Novel) Inventory Classification: The ABC Analysis This type of analysis considers that there is a range of items that have different levels of significance and should be handled or controlled differently. According to the Pareto Principle, … Continue reading →

(Colucci F., Crisci D. and Sbarra L.) INTRODUCTION In this topic, we’re going to talk about the application of the Material Requirements Planning (MRP). When we talk about this kind of model, we have to consider that this technique uses … Continue reading →

(M. Alarcón, E. Algorri, I. Celaya and P. Díaz) Bill of Materials A list of materials is a listing of the components, their descriptions and the quantity of each required to make one unit of a product. Individual drawing describes … Continue reading →

(M. Alarcón, E. Algorri and I. Celaya) MRP THEORY: Demand for the items is dependent when the relationship between the items is determined. Once management receive an order or makes a forecast for the final product, quantities for all components can … Continue reading →

(B. Piedras, J. Ocaña, M. Nocete and P. Díaz) AGGREGATE PLANNING IN SERVICES Aggregate planning for services is conducted in the same way except with demand management taking a more active role. Demand and Capacity requirements are difficult to predict. … Continue reading →