Application of a diagnostic framework based on the concepts of Workload Control to identify the problems related to the delivery reliability in a company of the aeronautical maintenance sector

Abstract The improvement in the performance of delivery reliability in Make-To-Order (MTO) companies is an important competitive criterion in the current market environment. This research investigates how a diagnostic framework can be used to identify how delivery reliability is influenced by Production Planning and Control (PPC) decisions. For the development of this research, a case study was carried out in two workshops of a company of the aeronautical maintenance sector. In the workshops studied, delivery reliability performance is influenced by the erroneous determination of due dates (focus on DP-Date time Promissing), with the capabilities being overestimated. The main contribution of the application framework presented is an aggregate analysis of the behavior of the lateness in a certain period of time. Future research should develop criteria for subset creation and further study the framework in order to improve it.