The development of an integrated sales forecasting and production planning system for the brewing industry

Considerable imminent in change on the this country. political and economic front is There is constant demand on businesses to improve productivity in the face of rising inflation, a trend that is unlikely to reverse given expected high wage demands. The liquor market is consider-ably influenced by government legislation and the state of the economy, hence companies operating within the liquor market are challenged with improving productivity in a changing environment. In order to facilitate productivity improvement, sales and production requirements need to be ascertained. The objective of this thesis is to design personal computer- based sales forecasting planning system that will aid a brewery productivity and minimise costs, through an integrated and production to maximise an ability to accurately forecast beer sales and translate such forecasts into efficient production plans. Fundamental to ensuring that the optimum production scenario is achieved is the need to generate a number of production scenarios for comparative purposes. To this end, the sales forecasting and production planning systems must be fully integrated, thereby allowing for the efficient generation of "what if" type analyses.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

1991

Author dc:creator

• Knight, T D

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Lister, Gordon

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22187

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/22187