清华大学-生产计划与控制：PPC-L14-TOC.pdfVIP

Ye ChengYe Cheng Dept. of Industrial EngineeringDept. of Industrial Engineering Tsinghua UniversityTsinghua University 1 Goal of the Firm Providing jobs Produce Consuming high-quality materials products THE GOAL OF A FIRM IS TO MAKE MONEY Developing Increasing technology sales Increasing market share Ye Cheng, Dept. IE, Tsinghua University                           Production Planning  Control                       Lecture 14 Theory of Constraints 2 Performance Measurements of A Firm • Net profit Financial • Return on investment measurements • Cash flow • Throughput Operational • Inventory measurements • Operating expense Productivity • All the actions the bring a company closer to its goals Ye Cheng, Dept. IE, Tsinghua University                           Production Planning  Control                       Lecture 14 Theory of Constraints 3 Unbalanced Capacity Manufacturers have tried to balance capacity Unbalanced capacity is better For a process line with several stations Upstream stations take longer time down stream stations have idle time Upstream stations take shorter time inventory builds up between stations Cu