Transformation of levelled production plans into detailed schedules in make-to-order manufacturing

International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-27

  Niemi, Esko ^a   Toivonen, Ville ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Compatible schedules; Divisible resources; Make to order manufacturing; Production planning and scheduling; Resource levelling; Variable intensity activities

Indexed keywords

RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DIVISIBLE RESOURCES; PRODUCTION PLANNING; RESOURCE LEVELLING; VARIABLE-INTENSITY ACTIVITY;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 41749124148     PISSN: 1741539X     EISSN: 17415403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOI.2008.017702     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Baker, K.R. (1974) Introduction to Sequencing and Scheduling, Wiley, p.24.
2. Burgess, A.R. and Killebrew, J.B. (1962) 'Variation in activity level on a cyclical arrow diagram', The Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol. 13, pp.76-83.
3. Demeulemeester, E. (1995) 'Minimizing resource availability costs in time-limited project networks', Management Science, Vol. 41, pp.1590-1598.
4. Greene, J. (1997) Production and Inventory Control Handbook, McGraw-Hill, Vol. 116, pp.331-350.
5. Harris, R.B. (1990) 'Packing method for resource leveling (Pack)', Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Vol. 116, pp.331-350.
6. Koulamas, C. and Kyparisis, G.J. (2001) 'Single machine scheduling with release times, deadlines and tardiness objectives', European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 133, pp.447-453.
7. Leachman, R.C. (1983) 'Multiple resource leveling in construction systems through variation of activity intensities', Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol. 30, pp.187-198.
8. Márkus, A., Váncza, J., Kis, T. and Kovács, A. (2003) 'Project scheduling approach to production planning', Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 52, pp.359-362.
9. Niemi, E., Toivonen, V. and Ikkala, K. (2005) 'Transformation of aggregate production plans into detailed schedules in make-to-order manufacturing', 18th International Conference on Production Research University of Salerno, Italy.
10. Pinedo, M. (1995) Scheduling: Theory, Algorithms, and Systems, Prentice-Hall, pp.347-350.
11. Toivonen, V., Niemi, E. and Ikkala, K. (2006) 'Planning and scheduling system for make-to-order production', Annals of CIRP, Vol. 55, pp.493-496.
12. Váncza, J., Kis, T. and Kovács, A. (2004) 'Aggregation - the key to integrating production planning and scheduling', Annals of the CIRP, Vol. 53, pp.377-380.
13. Younis, M.A. and Saad, B. (1996) 'Optimal resource leveling of multi-resource projects', Computers in Engineering, Vol. 31, pp.1-4.