• 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