Article ID: | iaor1988583 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 27 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 613 |
End Page Number: | 628 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1989 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Lin C.-W., Moodie C.L. |
Keywords: | production |
Starting with forecast demand data, the methodology to be described here can derive a detailed production schedule which provides smooth continuous operations in a modern steel manufacturing system. The production schedule will satisfy the customers’ orders and other desired objectives at the lowest possible energy costs. Two mathematical programming models and a sequencing heuristic are developed at different levels of an integrated control hierarchy. A simulation model, used to evaluate the planned system and investigate the primary results, has also been built. The statistical analysis indicates the performance improvements of the planned steel making process.