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| Author: | Blackburn, J. D. Kropp, D. H. Millen, R. A. |
| Title: | A comparison of strategies to dampen nervousness in MRP systems. |
| Journal: | Management Science
1986 : APR, VOL. 32:4, p. 413-429 |
| Index terms: | MATERIALS MANAGEMENT INVENTORY CONTROL SIMULATION |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Five different strategies for treating nervousness, or order instability, caused by the interaction of lot-sizing decisions and the planning horizon are proposed and evaluated: (1) Freezing the schedule within the planning horizon, (2) Lot-for-lot after stage 1, (3) Safety stocks, (4) Forecast beyond the planning horizon, and (5) Change cost procedure. A series of simulation experiments was conducted to test the effectiveness of the five strategies on schedule stability and system costs. |
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