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- Title
BPSS: A scheduling support system for the packaging industry.
- Authors
Adler, Leonard; Fraiman, Nelson; Kobacker, Edward; Pinedo, Michael; Plotnicoff, Juan Carlos; Iso Pang Wu
- Abstract
This paper describes a scheduling support system for plants that produce multiply paper bags. The machine environment in these plants may be described as a flexible flow shop. That is, there are a number of stages in series with a number of machines in parallel at each stage. The jobs have specified shipping dates as well as priorities; their processing times and setup times are known in advance. We developed a five-step algorithm that schedules all the jobs at the various stages. This algorithm has been incorporated in a system, the Bagpak Production Scheduling System (BPSS), which also contains a data base management module and a user interface module. The system has been implemented in two plants, and is used on a regular basis. It has increased considerably the accuracy of the available information regarding the production process. The scheduler, in conjunction with the system, is able to produce better schedules; he now always knows where given performance measures stand. In addition, the available information enables the scheduler to provide better service to customers.
- Subjects
PRODUCTION scheduling; PACKAGING industry; PAPER bag industry; OPERATIONS research; PRODUCTION control; LINEAR programming; PROJECT management; PRODUCTION management (Manufacturing)
- Publication
Operations Research, 1993, Vol 41, Issue 4, p641
- ISSN
0030-364X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1287/opre.41.4.641