Article ID: | iaor1995899 |
Country: | Australia |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 2 |
End Page Number: | 7 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1994 |
Journal: | ASOR Bulletin |
Authors: | Chang Charlie C.L. |
Keywords: | manufacturing industries, production: JIT, production: MRP |
The problem of effective production and material planning has given rise to many techniques, including material requirements planning, manufacture resource planning, a variety of finite capacity scheduling methods and just in time. In this article, an objective function is proposed, which forms a basis for comparing different techniques, and a simulation study is reported in which various techniques are compared. The results favour due date scheduling with both capacity and materials constraints.