ABSTRACT

Three Scenarios .............................................................................................123 MTA Greater Than MTO .............................................................................123 MTO Greater Than MTA .............................................................................124 MTA Is Approximately Equal to MTO .........................................................126 Dealing with Seasonality ...............................................................................127 Increase in Target Levels ................................................................................129 Anticipating the End of Season .....................................................................131 Sequence-Dependent Setups in MTA ...........................................................131 Make-to-Stock That Is Not Make-to-Availability ..........................................132 Dealing with Very Large Short Peak Sales .....................................................133 MTO with Short Standard Lead Time ..........................................................134 Simple Make-to-Stock: No Commitment, No Priority .................................136