Management of Stochastic Demand in Make-to-Stock Manufacturing

• Main Author: Quante, Rainer (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2018
• Series: Forschungsergebnisse der Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien
• Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Purchasing & supply management; Distribution & warehousing management; Available-to-Promise; Demand; Demand Fulfillment; Make; Management; Manufacturing; Quante; Revenue Management; Stochastic; Stochastic Models; Stock
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Up to now, demand fulfillment in make-to-stock manufacturing is usually handled by advanced planning systems. Orders are fulfilled on the basis of simple rules or deterministic planning approaches not taking into account demand fluctuations. The consideration of different customer classes as it is often done today requires more sophisticated approaches explicitly considering stochastic influences. This book reviews current literature, presents a framework that addresses revenue management and demand fulfillment at once and introduces new stochastic approaches for demand fulfillment in make-to-stock manufacturing based on the ideas of the revenue management literature.