3c: A Proven Alternative to MRPII for Optimizing Supply Chain Performance

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ISBN: 9781574442717 | 1574442716
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Copyright: 6/25/1999

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3C-A Proven Alternative to MRPII for Optimizing Supply Chain Performance gives you the knowledge and practical guidelines to better manage end-to-end Supply Chains and eliminate the expensive and annoying problem of material shortages that most businesses suffer.

PART I: THE PROBLEM

The Materials Management Function Is in Trouble

(12)

MRP Struggling to Support Modern Supply Chains

... The Way Things Used to Be

... But Then Trouble Began

... Attempts to Alleviate Trouble Began

... Have These Attempts Worked?

MRP at the Core of ERP

... More Trouble on the Horizon

The Root Cause of the Struggle

Minimum Requirements for a Solution

(8)

Let the Customer Drive the System

The Material Supply Function

Elimination of Material Shortages

Elimination of Stock-Outs

Total Customer Service

PART II: THE SOLUTION

Reviewing and Learning from the Champions

(34)

Aunt Anita Explaining 3C

Make to Stock (MTS) Case

Make to Order (MTO) Case

Jem's Toy Business

The Basics of the 3c Theory

(30)

The Challenge

The 3C Solution

Capacity

Commonality

Consumption

The MRPII Solution

The Synchronized MRP Solution

Comparing Performances

Supply Chains Under 3c

(18)

Supply Chains --- Definition

The 3C Approach to Engineering the Supply Chain

The First Step --- Characterization of the Chain

The Second Step --- Determining the Capacity of the Chain

The Third Step --- The Step Rule to Control Flow Through the Chain

The Fourth Step --- Optimization of the Chain

Supply Chains --- Optimization

Is 3C Always Better Than MRP?

105

(26)

Varying Commonality and Forecast Accuracy

The 0% Forecast Accuracy Case

Under Perfect Commonality (Scenario FA 00:CIND 1.0)

Under Less Than Perfect Commonality (Scenario FA 00:CIND 0.8)

Under Remaining Less Than Perfect Commonality (Scenarios FA 00: CIND 0.6--0.0)

The 50 and 100% Forecast Accuracy Cases

Summary of Results --- Sensitivity Analyses to Forecast Accuracy at Different Levels of Commonality

Related to 3C

Related to MRP

Conclusions

Varying Sales Density

About Our Experimentation

The MRP Model

The 3C Model

High Commonality Case

Low Commonality Case

Complete Absence of Commonality

When MRP Is Equal to 3C

Bottom Line Impact

Summary of Results of Sensitivity Analyses to Sales Density

The 3C Path

131

(16)

Background

Motivation

3C --- Discovered By Materials Management Practitioners, Not Information Technology People

Greenfield and Re-Engineering Principles

How Come No One Thought of This Before?

Integrated Pull Principles

3C --- The Customer Driven Supply Chain

3C Results

Delivery Performance and Turnover Ratio

Operating Expenses

What's next for 3C

The MRP Path

147

(16)

Background

Assessment of Current Status

MRP Results

Cost/Benefit

Sales Forecasts

Material Shortages and Stock-Outs

Frozen Plans

MRP Tradeoffs

What's Next For MRP

No Change, No Gain

``Informitis''

Faster Computers

Next Century Strategies

163

(16)

Full-Enterprise Models

Learning from Past Experiences

The Global Markets Brought an Urgency

Capitalizing on Your Local Experts' Minds

Complexity --- A Real Concern

Enterprise First & Clean Later (EF&CL)

Clean First & Enterprise Later (CF&EL)

Speed of Change

Divide and Conquer

Making the Decision

PART III: THE THEORY

The 3C Theory

179

(34)

What it Is and What it Isn't. What it Does and What it Doesn't Do

Important 3C Mechanisms and Controls

To Manage Capacity

Bill of Materials (BOM)

Maximum Sales Rate (MSR)

Globally Combined Limitation

Table of Pulls (TOP)

To Make Full Use of Commonality

Commonality --- The Powerful Strategy

The 3C Rate Bill (RBILL) --- Simplest Case

The 3C Rate Bill (RBILL) --- Generic Case

Commonality Index (CIND)

Commonality Index (CIND) --- Example

To Manage Consumption

Time Between Purchases (TBP)

Quantity Maximum (Qmax) --- Definition

Quantity Zero (Q0) --- Definition

System Utilization (ψ)

To Continuously Optimize the Business

Marginal Contribution Rate (MCR)

Sales Density (δ)

New Practices, New Results

Lead Times of Customer Orders Reduced

Material Shortages Drastically Reduced

Summarizing the Main Differences

New Practical Rules --- Putting it All Together

Planning Cycles Become Obsolete

Continuous Planning

Reduction of Suppliers' Lead Times Loses Importance

Bureaucracy Out, Simplicity In (Operating Expenses Down)

Conclusions

Glossary

213

(2)

Appendix A

215

(6)

Appendix B

221

(12)

Index

233

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