Title of article
A stochasticprogrammingmodelforstrategiccapacityplanninginthinfilm transistor-liquidcrystaldisplay(TFT-LCD)industry
Author/Authors
James T.Lin ، نويسنده , , Cheng-HungWub، نويسنده , , Tzu-LiChen d، نويسنده , , Shin-HuiShih ، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
Pages
16
From page
992
To page
1007
Abstract
This paperstudiesstrategiccapacityplanningproblemsunderdemanduncertaintiesinthinfilm
transistor-liquidcrystaldisplay(TFT-LCD)industry.Duetothefollowingtrends,capacityplanninghas
become acriticalstrategicissueinTFT-LCDindustry:(1)complexproducthierarchyandproducttypes
caused byawiderangeofproductapplications;(2)coexistenceofmultiplegenerationof
manufacturingtechnologiesinamulti-siteproductionsystem;and(3)rapidgrowingandchanging
marketdemandderivedbytheneedsforreplacingtraditionalcathoderaytube(CRT)display.
Furthermore,demandforecastsareusuallyinaccurateandvaryrapidlyovertime.
Our researchobjectiveistoseekacapacityallocationandexpansionpolicythatisrobusttodemand
uncertainties.WeconsiderspecialcharacteristicsofTFT-LCDmanufacturingsystemssuchasdemand
uncertainties,limitedconfigurationflexibility,andcuttingratios.Thispaperproposesascenario-based
two-stagestochasticprogrammingmodelforstrategiccapacityplanningunderdemanduncertainties.
Comparingtothedeterministicapproach,ourstochasticmodelsignificantlyimprovesystem
robustnessunderdemanduncertainties.
Keywords
Capacity Planning , TFT-LCD , Demand uncertainty , Stochastic programming
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Serial Year
2011
Journal title
Computers and Operations Research
Record number
927918
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