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Production scheduling two-step.

Publication: Industrial Engineer
Publication Date: 01-AUG-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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A LARGE MEAT PROCESSOR RECENTLY contacted my company with a question regarding production scheduling:

We are in search of a production planning and scheduling expert who can help us define our business practices in these areas. We are a $2.5 billion-per-year consumer products company. We...

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...have both process and discrete manufacturing operations. We also have disassembly of raw materials with variable weight and size.

We have a demand planning department averaging 85 percent accuracy. We have a supply planning department in which every planner operates somewhat...

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