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Planning and Scheduling in an Assemble-to-Order Environment: Spicer-Off-Highway Products Division

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Supply Chain Structures

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Spicer Off -Highway Products Division (a division of Dana Corporation) offers their customers a full range of powershift transmissions and torque convertors. The structure of the manufacturing process is typically a hybrid of make-to-stock and make/assemble-to-order. The main problem is that the production lead time for the make parts is substantial due to the large variety of components and the complexity of the production process. Consequently, a large number of manufacturing operations are performed in a highly uncertain environment inevitably resulting in mismatches at the time of the actual customer commitment.

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  1. University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000, Antwerp, Belgium

    Nico J. Vandaele

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    Marc R. Lambrecht

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Vandaele, N.J., Lambrecht, M.R. (2002). Planning and Scheduling in an Assemble-to-Order Environment: Spicer-Off-Highway Products Division. In: Song, JS., Yao, D.D. (eds) Supply Chain Structures. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 42. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6635-6_7

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