Applying TOC Replenishment method to Improve Production Performance for TFT-LCD Industry

Traditionally, answer the questions of “when to replenish”and “how many to replenish”using varies forecasting methods are commonly seem in the supply chain inventory management. However, the uncertainty with changeful demand often makes various kinds of prediction methods became less efficient. To solve the problem, the demand-pull and buffer management of TOC replenishment method developed by Dr. Goldratt have been applied as solution in this research. Using a leading company of TFT-LCD industry in Taiwan to be the case to evaluate the feasibility and validity of the solution, the result shows that TOC solution provides a better performance in TDD and IDD than traditional methods.