Part I of this three-part series described semiconductor supply chains from the decision-
making and functional perspectives, using this as a framework to review the industrial …

Production planning and control (PPC) systems are important to the competitiveness of
manufacturing firms and their ability to benefit from recent technological advances. We give …

Semiconductor supply chain uncertainty is increasingly complicated due to shortening
product life cycles, demand fluctuation and a series of collaborative decisions, yet little …

An essential task in manufacturing planning and control is to determine when to release
orders to the shop floor. One key parameter is the lead time which is the planned time that …

We present a new set of simulation models, organized in a testbed. The aim of the testbed
consists in providing researchers with a platform able to credibly represent the complexity of …

In this paper, we study production planning models for semiconductor wafer fabrication
facilities (wafer fabs) that consider both safety stocks at the finished goods inventory level …

An important goal of Production Planning and Control systems is to achieve short and
predictable flow times, especially where high flexibility in meeting customer demand is …

A key parameter of the linear programming (LP) models widely used for production planning
in industry and academia are the lead times, the estimated delay between material …

The value of demand forecast information has been the subject of numerous studies in the
inventory literature, but has had limited application in production planning. This paper …

Production planning is concerned with finding a release plan of jobs into a manufacturing
system so that its actual outputs over time match the customer demand with the least cost …