A general framework for modeling production

A general framework for modeling production

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Article ID: iaor1989156
Country: United States
Volume: 35
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 478
End Page Number: 495
Publication Date: Apr 1989
Journal: Management Science
Authors: ,
Keywords: scheduling, networks, programming: linear
Abstract:

The authors introduce a general framework that guides the management scientist’s formulation of deterministic models of production processes. Using the framework, they reformulate the constraints of familiar linear programming-based planning models to specifically treat components of production lead time, thereby realizing a more accurate representation of the production process. In addition, the reformulation accommodates noninteger values for lead times as well as unequal-length planning periods. Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP) and the Critical Path Method (CPM) are recast in terms of the framework, revealing opportunities for model generalization and extension, and their relationship to linear programming models.

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