TY - JOUR ID - 20610 TI - Dynamic TOC-based approach to planning and controlling accessories in MTO environments JO - Scientia Iranica JA - SCI LA - en SN - 1026-3098 AU - Keyvani, P. AU - Lotfi, M. M. AD - Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 26 IS - 5 SP - 2885 EP - 2903 KW - Accessory KW - Inventory management KW - Theory of constraints KW - Line Balancing KW - ABC analysis KW - Buffer Management DO - 10.24200/sci.2018.20610 N2 - In make-to-order systems, customers expect to have more freedom to choose the accessories. But demand variations and internal disorders induce some uncertainties. Hence, a different inventory system is needed for such items that dynamically manage those variations. In this paper, a dynamic approach based on the theory of constraints is proposed for inventory planning and control of accessories. First, the risk of processing time variation is balanced while keeping cycle time balancing. Second, the ribbons of buffer control charts are determined by a buffer planning model in which a multi-criteria ABC analysis is used to apply different customer service levels. To detect demand variations and monitor the buffer, trend of consumption in each monitoring window is carefully traced. Also, simulation-based procedures are recommended to update control ribbons. Comparing the performance of proposed approach to common methods using the data of an automobile company as well as several random test problems confirms that it can significantly reduce the costs and improve the efficiency of inventory system. UR - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_20610.html L1 - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_20610_3dbaba1c43b3982a688628b9cf5085d8.pdf ER -