Supply Chain Planning – Issues for Continuous Chemical Companies Olin Thompson - August 4, 2002
Why SCP for a Continuous Chemical Company?
Why does a continuous chemical company need a supply chain planning system? Because the high fixed cost of the plant drives a management objective of 100% capacity utilization. A common approach to this utilization objective is to set prices at a low enough level to drive to 100% utilization. As utilization approaches 100%, the demand for perfection in the supply chain plan increases. This, and other operating realities introduce a number of objectives including:..
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