Chapter 16 Critical Ingredients, Raw Materials, and Components
It almost goes without saying that raw materials, components, and packing materials are needed to produce a finished product. Therefore, the scheduling process should take their availability into account. But at the point that availability affects scheduling, it’s to some extent too late. Effective component and supplier management strategies can go a long way towards ensuring that materials will be available to support the production plan.
Availability Checking
Let’s start with the discussion of availability checking. While it might seem best to check the availability of every material before committing to a schedule, the reality is that there are ...
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