Why a Systematic Investigation of Production Planning and Control Procedures is Needed for the Target-oriented Configuration of PPC

Logistics-Oriented Production Configuration Using the Example of MRO Service Providers

“…In literature, there are many conceptual frameworks for a universally valid description of PPC as well as basic, limited in scope approaches to derive a company-specific PPC configuration [16,29]. Likewise, there are branch-specific frameworks for PPC configuration, such as the work of Sendler [38], giving an overview of possible PPC configuration options for MRO service providers.…”

“…Serviceable parts SA: In order to meet the overall requirements, the final selection of PPC procedures needs to be done, taking into account the multidirectional interactions between PPC tasks and procedures, e.g. by integrating logistics models into the analysis [16]. If the selection is conducted isolated and without a holistic view on PPC and production configuration, there is a risk of locally optimising a single supply chain's component or area.…”

“…The multitude of interactions along the supply chain makes production configuration a highly complex task [8,16]. Due to this, a quantitative assessment of individual configuration decisions is neither possible in an efficient and generally valid manner nor is it verifiable in or relevant to practice.…”

“…Existing approaches tend to have a limited scope and hence do not provide a holistic view [17]. Most of the work focuses on the selection of individual configuration options (for a detailed overview, see [16]), their design for specific applications [18] or describe the basic architecture and tasks of PPC [10,19]. The multitude of interdependencies from the strategic to the operational level are not seamlessly described nor structured by any approach so far.…”