Research Of Virtual Enterprise Production Planning & Control

With the globalization of economy and the rapid development of information technology the great changes of production management mode have being taking place. The enterprise with traditional mode will be unable to survive efficiently in such a market characterized by competence, cooperation and change. A new enterprise, Virtual Enterprise (VE) and it's production planning & control, is developed in the paper. By the discussion of VE operation environment and production organization mode, the paper perfects the organization mode of VE and the system architecture of VE. The paper proposes mode and algorithm of VE production planning based on the customization manufacturing that cater for the production modes of the production based on forecasting, the Assemble To Order (ATO) and the Make To Order (MTO).In view of information stream and material stream, the paper researches the coordination and control strategies of production planning. In aspect of information stream coordination and control, the paper adopts both the technology of order scheme adjusting, which regards the order as the vehicle, and the technology of quality stream coordination and control based on ISO 10007. In aspect of material stream coordination and control, the paper discusses the technology of Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), which can management material stream efficiently.Finally, the paper establishes system frame of VE's production planning and control. Considering the example, the paper realizes the prototype of VE planning and control system.