A firm just completed a new plant that will produce more than 500 different products, using more than 50 different production lines and machines. The production scheduling decisions are critical in that sales will be lost if customer demands are not met on time. If no individual in the firm has experience with this production operation and if new produc- tion schedules must be generated each week, why should the firm consider a quantitative approach to the production scheduling problem?

A firm just completed a new plant that will produce more than 500 different products, using more than 50 different production lines and machines. The production scheduling decisions are critical in that sales will be lost if customer demands are not met on time. If no individual in the firm has experience with this production operation and if new produc- tion schedules must be generated each week, why should the firm consider a quantitative approach to the production scheduling problem?

Practical Management Science

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Author:WINSTON, Wayne L.

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