• DocumentCode
    46631
  • Title

    Demand Smoothing

  • Author

    Bannister, Allison Rose ; Bickford, Jeanne Paulette ; Swanke, Karl Vance

  • Author_Institution
    Syst. & Technol. Group, IBM Corp., Essex Junction, VT, USA
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    335
  • Lastpage
    340
  • Abstract
    Mismatch between demand and capacity introduces inefficiencies in the form of underutilized capacity and missed customer orders. This mismatch can be minimized by smoothing demands using a forward looking approach that also takes into account the relative importance of certain demands to the end customer.
  • Keywords
    customer services; demand forecasting; order processing; strategic planning; customer demands; customer orders; demand planning; demand smoothing; forward looking approach; Capacity planning; Companies; Manufacturing; Planning; Safety; Smoothing methods; Demands; heijunka; prioritized; smoothing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Semiconductor Manufacturing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0894-6507
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TSM.2014.2312358
  • Filename
    6777290
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=46631