Planning and Scheduling in Manufacturing and Services (Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering) Book

This book focusses on planning and scheduling applications. Planning and Scheduling are forms of decision-making that play an important role in most manufacturing and service industries. The planning and scheduling function in a company uses mathematical techniques or heuristic methods to allocate limited resources to the activities that have to be done. The book consists of four parts: Part I describes the general characteristics of scheduling models in manufacturing and in services. Part II considers the various classes of planning and scheduling models in manufacturing, and Part III covers the various classes of planning and scheduling models in service settings. Part IV deals with system design, development and implementation issues. The detailed mathematics can be found in the appendices. The book contains examples and exercises throughout and a number of case studies can be found in the attached CD-Rom. Read More