| Article ID: | iaor19941548 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 30/31 |
| Start Page Number: | 437 |
| End Page Number: | 451 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1993 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
| Authors: | Klein M., Lecomte C., Dejax P. |
| Keywords: | scheduling |
This paper recalls some of the unsolved problems and difficulties found in scheduling the production of make to order companies and the characteristics of the knowledge-based decision support system conceptual framework and development software. The paper then describes the functions of a first version of an experimental system implemented to explore the applicability of this concept and software to the scheduling of a real workshop.