The Allocation of Production orders to offshore Plants in the clothing In- dustry: Part 2-Prototype System Supporting Order Allocation Decisions

摘要

This part demonstrates a prototype system which has been constructed to enable the allocation of orders of dif- ferent product types to different manufacturing loca- tions. 'What-if' experiments using this system show that different allocation rules would provide different outcomes in terms of the number of unallocated orders. A high number of unallocated orders will have a direct Impact on workload. Further research effort is necessary To channel into the exercise of production order allocation With particular reference to allocation rules.