Saturday 7 February 2015

Production Planning & Control


Aggregate Planning


Below shows the forecast demands for a year assume a stock of 6200 units. An analysis of this will follow using ‘chase’ and ‘level’ strategies

Month
Sales Forecast
Cumulative Demand
Average Demand to Month Shown
Cumulative Net Demand
Average Net Demand to Month Shown
January
3000
3000
3000
-3200
-3200
February
4000
7000
3500
-800
-400
March
5000
12000
4000
5800
1934
April
6000
18000
4500
11800
2950
May
8400
26400
5280
20200
4040
June
11000
37400
6233
31200
5200
July
12000
49400
7057
43200
6172
August
11000
60400
7550
54200
6775
September
10000
70400
7822
64200
7134
October
6600
77000
7700
70800
7080
November
5000
82000
7455
75800
6891
December
4000
86000
7167
79800
6650


Illustrating different aggregate planning approaches:
The three plans are shown below, note:
1.     The production levels for each.
2.     The inventory levels for each.


Month
Plan-1
Plan-2
Plan-3

Production
End of Month Inventory
Production
End of Month Inventory
Production
End of Month Inventory
December

6200
0
6200
0
6200
January
0
3200
6650
9850
7134
10334
February
800
0
6650
12500
7134
13468
March
5000
0
6650
14150
7134
15602
April
6000
0
6650
14800
7134
16736
May
8400
0
6650
13050
7134
15470
June
11000
0
6650
8700
7134
11604
July
12000
0
6650
3350
7134
6738
August
11000
0
6650
-1000
7134
2872
September
10000
0
6650
-4350
7134
6
October
6600
0
6650
-4300
7134
540
November
5000
0
6650
-2650
7134
2674
December
4000
0
6650
0
7134
5808





Calculating the cost of the plans :



Production Cost
€62000
Labor Cost
20% of production cost:12400
Backorder Cost
€20/unit
Inventory Carrying Cost
3% of production cost
Over Time Cost(weekday)
€10/unit
Overtime Cost(weekend)
€20/unit
Idle Time Cost
labor Cost
Production Level Change Cost
€1000
Normal Capacity
7000units/month
Extra Overtime(weekday) Capacity
1000/month
Extra Overtime(weekend) Capacity
1500/month

Hire/Fire policy is not considered













Plan 1- Chase:
Inventory hold cost or backlog cost but will involve production change, overtime, subcontracting & under utilization costs


Month
Evening overtime
Weekend overtime
Sub-
contact
Under until Units

Evening
OT
@€10
Weekend OT
@€ 20

Sub-
Contact @€30
Under Until
@€12400
Production
Change
@€1000

Inventory
Inventory costs @€1860
January
0
0
0
7000
0
0
0
86800000
0
3200
5952000
February
0
0
0
6200
0
0
0
76880000
1000
0
0
March
0
0
0
2000
0
0
0
24800000
1000
0
0
April
0
0
0
1000
0
0
0
12400000
1000
0
0
May
1000
400
0
0
10000
8000
0
0
1000
0
0
June
1000
1500
1500
0
10000
30000
45000
0
1000
0
0
July
1000
1500
2500
0
10000
30000
75000
0
1000
0
0
August
1000
1500
1500
0
10000
30000
45000
0
1000
0
0
September
1000
1500
500
0
10000
30000
15000
0
1000
0
0
October
0
0
0
400
0
0
0
4960000
1000
0
0
November
0
0
0
2000
0
0
0
24800000
1000
0
0
December
0
0
0
3000
0
0
0
37200000
1000
0
0

Total



50000

128000

180000

267840000

11000



595200




Plan 2-Level (Back Order):

Inventory & backlog costs also Under Utilization cost but no overtime, subcontracting or production costs





Month
Inventory
Backlog
Inventory Holding @€3
Backlog cost @€20
Under Utilization
Under Utilization cost
@12400
January
9850
0
29550
0
350
4340000
February
12500
0
37500
0
350
4340000
March
14150
0
420540
0
350
4340000
April
14800
0
44400
0
350
4340000
May
13050
0
391050
0
350
4340000
June
8700
0
26100
0
350
4340000
July
3350
0
10050
0
350
4340000
August
0
1000
0
20000
350
4340000
September
0
4350
0
87000
350
4340000
October
0
4300
0
86000
350
4340000
November
0
2650
0
53000
350
4340000
December
0
0
0
0
350
4340000
Total

959190

246000


52080000




Plan 3-Level (Stock Holding):

  Inventory costs, Evening overtime cost, but no subcontracting or production costs.




Month
Inventory
Units on Evening OT
Inventory Holding @€3
Evening Overtime @€10
January
10334
134
31002
1340
February
13468
134
40404
1340
March
15602
134
46806
1340
April
16736
134
50208
1340
May
15470
134
46410

1340
June
11604
134
34812
1340
July
6738
134
20214
1340
August
2872
134
8616
1340
September
6
134
18
1340
October
540
134
1620
1340
November
2674
134
8022
1340
December
5808
134
17424
1340

Total


305556

16080



Plan Summary Cost:




Plan-1
Plan-2
Plan-3

Inventory Holding Cost
5952000
959190

305556
Backlog Cost
0
246000
0
Evening overtime
50000
0

16080
Weekend overtime
128000

0

0
Subcontracting
180000
0
0
Under utilization
267840000
52080000
0
Changing Production Level
11000
0

0
Total
274161000
53285190
321636


Comments:

Out of three plans we see in plan summary that plan-3 is the most cost saving operation. So plan-3 is the best aggregate planning.

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