Most companies in a supply chain have tools that help them manage their assets throughout the entire supply chain. Exemplary tools for such assest management are e.g. ERPs, CRMs, SGAs, etc. By default, however, such solutions do not apply any […]
In this post I discuss production scheduling in SAP. I have documented production planning in SAP throughout a series of posts. In this post I specifically cover production scheduling in SAP. Important production schedules in SAP There are many production […]
This article covers assembly line process simulation and simulation-based line balancing. The simulation model is used for balancing lines and assembly processes. I implemented this tool with software packages that do not cost any license fees. In other publications on […]
In this article I highlight the benefits of master production scheduling to supply chain management and production planning. I provide an exemplary case of master production scheduling in manufacturing industry, using the aluminium production process as an example. You will […]
My background is in process improvement, and I started modelling factory simulations over ten years ago. I first used modelling to help evaluate and justify improvement projects and then used it to help validate scale-up plans. As a factory simulation […]
In this article I will discuss the role that traceability plays in logistics optimization. I will introduce the characteristics and usefulness of Plan For Every Part (PFEP database). Lastly, I will analyze the relationship between lean operations management, traceability, logistics, […]
In this article I summarize a strategic simulation-based capacity planning project that I executed years ago. I present one of my earliest material flow simulation projects that resulted in 7% CAPEX reduction, $1.7m reduced investment need and 21% faster lead […]
In a previous blog post I documented simmer in R for discrete-event simulation. In this post I want to provide a more hands-on practical example. It is a very simple example, to be honest. Regardless of this, and regardless of […]
In previous articles, I modeled and solved a single machine scheduling problem. What if we have two resources that operate in a pre-determined sequence (but not in parallel) to process a set of similar jobs? The so-called “flow shop” scheduling […]
Thanks to the evolution of Python and its applications to solve linear programs and their variations supply chain and operations research analysts now have access to numerous packages and tools that support decision making. In this article I will use […]
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