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生產運籌(production logistics)屬於供應鏈運籌的一部分。基於專業分工及部門劃分的原理,尚未進入完全整合的運籌管理階段之前,運籌實務仍然將供應鏈切成三段:供應運籌、生產運籌與流通運籌。就生產運籌而言,主要沿襲傳統生產管理的功能,強化生產(production)與inbound logistics、outbound logistics之間的連接,力求簡化、快速與成本降低的效果。
所謂生產,主要意涵是The manufacturing of goods and/or the rendering of services。管理上非常重視產量(the total quantity of goods (to be) manufactured and/or services to be rendered in a particular period of time and expressed in quantitative or financial terms)與交期。.目前,已經有許多公司設立生產運籌部,這也是以製造為主的公司發展供應鏈管理之前的替代做法之ㄧ。
參考Russell (2000)的運籌定義,生產運籌可以定義為: The science of managing, engineering, and technical activities concerned with production capacity, schedule, and delivery to support manufacturing objectives, plans, and operations.
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