Achieving better on-time-delivery performance with the help of internal dependencies in the production
by Pia Nieminen, Josu Takala
International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development (IJMED), Vol. 3, No. 1/2, 2006

Abstract: On-time-delivery performance shows a company's ability to react to changes in markets and to launch new products and product families. Purpose of this study was to determine the reasons why calculated on-time-delivery performance differs from actual on-time-delivery performance in case company by defining the external and internal factors, which are mostly decreasing on-time-delivery performance, and the dependencies between virtual factories. Empirical study was carried out as an operation analytic study by describing the actual situation in case company affecting its on-time-delivery performance with a benchmarking comparison. Methods used in study were brainstorming, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), and benchmarking.

Online publication date: Fri, 25-Nov-2005

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