This article reports results of applying the SCDA single-stage job shop scheduler for the purpose of scheduling a CNC job shop. The downloadable tool, available under below link, was used to schedule a 3-day production time horizon in a CNC…
Dairy products are especially challenging when it comes to inventory management, production planning, warehousing, and distribution. One reason for this is the expiry date of products, and the need for cooling. A supply chain simulation app was developed and deployed…
A factory cost simulator was developed for an injection molding factory. The production was characterized by high setup costs and times in the injection molding process. Another process characteristic was the centralized inspection area for final product inspection. The factory…
Smaller job shop still often perform production scheduling manually in Excel or ERP systems. In these cases, the responsible production planner (or scheduler) assigns jobs to machines manually, and determines their sequence as well as possibly also their planned start…
Production levelling helps in smoothing customer demand out over time, and aims at proposing a feasible and steady production schedule and plan. This helps production planning departments and production control in smoothing out peaks and reduces the risk of backlogs,…