Exploitation of Due Date Reliability Potentials: Mathematical Investigation of the Lead Time Syndrome

Abstract

Due date reliability is a key performance indicator that directly affects customers. Therefore, direct or indirect measures are taken to improve the due date reliability of production processes. These measures induce various problems such as the Lead Time Syndrome. To exploit new potentials regarding due date reliability, this paper presents the mathematical investigation of the Lead Time Syndrome, to point out research topics in this area.