Paper Info
Title
Quantitative controlling approach of time synchronicity in convergent supply processes.
Abstract
Controlling the time synchronicity of supply processes for assembly requires a quantitative measure. An existing controlling instrument, the supply diagram, already provides an effective way of assessing the supply situation. It incorporates different key figures which allow for an evaluation of a company’s supply process coordination. However, it lacks a key figure for describing the level of time synchronicity. Therefore, a quantitative evaluation of actions to improve the time synchronicity in supply processes is not possible. Based on an existing approach of approximating the completion of full assembly orders, a key figure for describing the level of time synchronicity is developed in this article: the synchronicity factor. As this new key figure is dependent on the average number of components required for one assembly order for the regarded time period, a second measure, the relative synchronicity factor, accounts for this number and can thereby be used to compare different time periods. As the numerical calculation of the synchronicity factors is a complex problem, the possibility of applying a simple hill climbing algorithm to accurately determine the synchronicity factor for a certain supply situation is examined.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/s11740-016-0671-x
Production Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
Production planning and control, Supply chain management, Procurement management, Controlling, Supply diagram, Time synchronicity
Supply (process),Hill climbing,Operations research,Diagram,Supply chain management,Synchronicity,Engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
3
1863-7353
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Eric C. Hund100.34
Philip Rochow200.34
Florian Mach300.34
Peter Nyhuis42010.16