Improvement of the production and inventory management in IC Design House-A case study of X company

• Main Authors: Chen, Shu-Yi, 陳淑怡
• Other Authors: Li, Rong-Kwei
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8bx72m

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 管理學院工業工程與管理學程 === 103 === Most of the IC design companies outsource production from foundry to finished products nowadays. When the market demand is strong, it’s more likely that the subcontractors fail to meet the delivery date due to full capacity. Therefore, capacity allocation and expansion plan is necessary. However, once the demand is weak, excessive inventory and idle production capacity would cause great financial stress for the subcontractors and the company. This problem is common among the IC design companies of consumer electronics. Take the Hsinchu Science Park of X company for example, after receiving the forecast from the sales department, the production department would provide the material preparation forecast to subcontractors. As demand rises or declines, IC design companies are faced with increasing competitors of similar products. Thus, good inventory management is critical for IC design companies to stand out in the competitive market. This study is based on (Theory of Constraints, TOC) to adjust the company's planning and inventory management.