A structured procedure for materials planning during production transfer
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

This paper explores materials planning procedures to ensure the materials’ availability during production transfers. The paper defines a production transfer as the preparation, physical transfer, and start-up of relocated production. A structured procedure of materials planning during production transfer is developed based on theory, and then validated and refined based on the analysis of four case studies. The paper shows that there is a need for a structured procedure of materials planning during production transfers. It also explains the importance of activities that create prerequisites for the materials’ availability during production transfer, such as updating and adapting documentation, planning and control systems, and describes the activities that ensure the materials’ availability, such as preventive and corrective actions. A valid estimation of the time needed to reach a steady state and a combination of several preventive actions improves the ability to ensure that materials are available. The cases showed differences across company size, because large companies took more and farther-reaching preventive actions.

materials planning

production transfer

materials availability

Författare

Anna M K Fredriksson

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Logistik och transport

Carl Wänström

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Logistik och transport

Mats Johansson

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Logistik och transport

Lars Medbo

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Logistik och transport

Production Planning and Control

0953-7287 (ISSN) 1366-5871 (eISSN)

Vol. 26 9 738-752

Ämneskategorier

Annan maskinteknik

Styrkeområden

Transport

Produktion

DOI

10.1080/09537287.2014.971534

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Skapat

2017-10-08