| Article ID: | iaor1996781 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 35 |
| Start Page Number: | 43 |
| End Page Number: | 49 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1994 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Reid Richard A., Clements Dale W. |
| Keywords: | programming: linear |
A simple linear programming model was developed to help schedule production of microchips during the phaseout period of a facility destined for closure. Exercising the model allowed: more product to be produced than originally planned, a time reduction in the phaseout period, and a significant saving in expected costs.