在任何接單式生產的企業中，排程作業皆屬於生產管理的核心項目，但由於金屬加工業在生產過程中，時常面對加工產能不確定性，排程計畫越趨多變及複雜化，導致ERP及SCM系統無法有效發揮整體效能。多數排程研究都基於機台產出固定的前提，無法滿足動態生產系統特性。
本研究在限制理論 (Theory of Constraint ,TOC) 的觀念下，以簡化型限制驅導式排程法 (Simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope, S-DBR)來發展排程系統，並強化交期預測模型，探討在動態生產系統下如何動態調整生產緩衝。同時針對產業特性，對於生產環境中常見的排程問題進行探討，發展更適合的排程及交期預測模式。
經金屬加工業生產的實際系統驗證，此一排程系統確認適用於動態生產系統環境。透過各種調整方法，可以更有效的保障訂單交期及交期競爭力，強化排程作業以因應市場需求變化與加強生產環境調整的能力。

In the make-to-order factories, operations scheduling is the core work of the production management. Especially in the metal processing industry, companies often face the uncertain processing capacity in the production process, operations scheduling becomes even more complicated and the ERP and the SCM systems usually cannot effectively keep the overall performance stable. Most studies on operations scheduling base their scheduling on fixed-premise machine outputs, which cannot meet the characteristics of such dynamic production systems.
This study uses the Theory of Constraint and the Simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope method to develop an Advanced Planning and Scheduling system- APS, which strengthens the delivery forecast model and dynamically adjusts the production buffers to achieve more precise delivery date prediction for dynamic production systems.
Verified by the actual operations of the metal processing industry, the APS is proved suitable for dynamic production environments. It improves the scheduling operation to response to the market demand and also strengthens the ability of production system adjustments in order to guarantee precise delivery dates and to maintain factory competitiveness.

中文
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英文
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