Abstract
In this paper, the framework for a decision support tool for planning bills-of-material is presented. This tool generates a set of modular planning bills-of-material from the manufacturing bills-of-material for a company. The tool attempts to consolidate options in a product family which are specific. The force with which the tool attempts to consolidate two or more options is dependent on the financial control parameters. As well as having a minimum amount of common material, the financial value of such a match must also be of sufficiently high value to be worth planning together. The tool also examines the long-term inventory effect of planning two or more options as common.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Journal Of Production Planning And Control |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 1996 |
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- Authors
- Cunningham, M. and Higgins, P.