Production scheduling with applications in the printing industry (Q1062606)

This paper presents a technique for the solution of scheduling problems encountered in a printing company that can be applied to a range of practical industrial problems. The aim of the research was to develop a due date scheduling algorithm within the framework of the scheduling system already in use by the company. The objective was to enable jobs to be scheduled as close to their due dates as possible, while ensuring that the resultant schedule was feasible with respect to work centre capacities and earliest start date constraints.