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Rough-cut capacity planning for remanufacturing firms. MRPII 85 V.DANIELR.GUIDE,JrandM.S.SPENCER Abstract. Capacityplanningisacriticalelementofany successfulproductionplanningandcontrolsystem. A methodofrough-cutcapacityplanningisdeveloped,based onthebill-of-resourcesapproach,thatcanbeusedtoplan forcapacityrequiredfor®rmsinaremanufacturing (includingoverhaul/repairoperations)environment. Themodi®ed bill-of-resourcesapproachdevelopedtakesintoaccounttwo majorstochasticelementsinherentinthisenvironment; probabilisticmaterialreplacementfactorsandprobabilistic routing®les. Adetailedexamplefromanactualrepair/ overhauloperationispresentedtoillustratethetechnique.
Keywords remanufacturing, capacityplanning, repair/ overhaul operations, rough-cut capacity planning
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