The study of the inventory management improvement in Laser System Industry –TOC method

• Main Authors: Han-Wei Hsieh, 謝涵崴
• Other Authors: Rong-Kwei Li
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/08525228730521669056

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 管理學院碩士在職專班工業工程與管理組 === 96 === In the consumer demand-oriented era, the most critical goal of material management is focused on the accurate inventory at the proper time. In order to be capable of meeting purchase order requirements without any material shortage, while at the same time attempt to maintain a relatively low inventory, the controversy of whether to establish a low or high inventory would become a dilemma and generate conflicts. The point of this issue is whether we possess the systematic methods and tools to resolve this dilemma. The theory of Constraints (TOC) mentions that the “bottleneck” is the lowest productivity level of the overall operation process, and the critical component of the supply chain is, moreover, the constraint factor in the supply chain. The process of continuous improvement of the critical component production flow will be the point of focus for material management. This study will employ the laser-processing machinery industry as example, which applies TOC Demand-Pull and the simultaneous process concepts of Lean Supply Chain, and utilizes the systematic methods of strategies and tactics to achieve the goal of enhancing inventory turnover. In the consumption era, the continuing trend of development will be product variety at a relatively small quantity scale. Collaborative material supply with high degrees of flexibility and a short delivery period will become a norm; thus, the effective utilization of resource constraints will emerge as the resource management goal of the world-class plants.