Building to Customer DemandThe processes used by Dell Computer, Dow Chemical, Hewlett-Packard and others to ship a wide range of products quickly and cost effectively via the Power of Postponement. |
Contents
TradeOffs Stamp Em Out | 1 |
The Four Quadrants Where Are You? | 15 |
Quadrant A SimpleSpeedy | 23 |
Quadrant B SimpleSlow 37 | 37 |
Quadrant C ComplexSpeedy | 49 |
Quadrant D ComplexSlow | 67 |
Eclipse | 74 |
Managing Suppliers | 87 |
Scheduling Suppliers | 95 |
Common terms and phrases
approach Available-to-Promise base unit Bills of Material Bob Stahl Chapter common parts bill companies in Quadrants complex components Control Module cost customer order customer service Dade Behring Dell Computer demand and supply example finish the product finish-to-order finished goods inventory finished inventory FINISHING LEAD future demand hedge Hewlett-Packard implementation Industrial Widget Kanban Large Consumer Widgets Lean Enterprise Lean Manufacturing make-to-order make-to-stock Mass Customization Master Production Schedule Material Requirements Planning Michael Dell Modular Bills Modular Product Design Operations Planning options order entry order fulfillment strategy outsourcing planning bills plant poka-yoke Postponement project power supplies product families product line Project Management purchased QUADRANT C QUADRANT quickly redesign Rough-Cut Capacity Planning S&OP Sales & Operations Sales Forecasting set-up ship Speed/Simplicity Matrix speedy Supplier Scheduling supply chain things Tom Wallace Two-Level Master Scheduling Value Stream Mapping volume Wallace and Bob week What's Needed