Improve the Same-Day Shipping Fulfillment Rate through the Implementation of TOC Demand Pull & Buffer Management

• Main Authors: Tu, Jung-Hsien, 杜鎔憲
• Other Authors: Li, Rung-Kwei
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/02497347079291822064

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 === Currently, the memory industry is one of the businesses faced and influenced with market fluctuation assaulting prosperously in the electronic industry. Since various kinds of consuming electronic products applying the memory storage function, the memory product move towards diversification rapidly in recent years. Combining the industry characteristic of the consuming electronic product, the life cycle of the memory products tend to be shorter and shorter. The out-of-balance between supply and demand caused not only the market pricing fluctuated but increasing the risk of the stock value loss to the enterprise. Thus, it’s always the important subject to enhance the profitability through the inventory control of supply chain management TOC Demand-Pull and Buffer Management is an outstanding and effective model to provide the solution of supply chain management. In this paper we adopted the management model and developed a practical inventory control mechanism for the finish goods. Based on the real-time inventory change information driven, the packing line issues and completes the replenishment orders accordingly. Through the progress of evaluation, realization, and implementations, we confirmed the effectiveness of TOC Demand-Pull and Buffer Management inventory control. Facing the changeable market demand and shorter replenish time requirement in the memory module practice, this inventory control model provides higher fulfillment rate, more flexible, and lower inventory. Meanwhile, the improvement target of the same-day shipping fulfillment rate of the case company is achieved.