Interactive Scheduling of a Generalized Flowshop. Part I: Success Through Evolutionary Development

Thom J. Hodgson and Gerald W. McDonald
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Thom J. Hodgson: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
Gerald W. McDonald: BDM Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87105

Interfaces, 1981, vol. 11, issue 2, 42-47

Abstract: The history of the application of interactive computer techniques to the problem of production scheduling is a compendium of short lived successes and failures. This article is a case history which describes the development of an interactive system being used to schedule the starting dates for the overhaul of military aircraft at a Naval Aircraft Rework Facility. The three parts of this serialized article will each describe different aspects of the development of this system. Part I concerns itself with the historical causes of failure in this type of development effort, and the general steps taken to overcome these causes. Subsequent parts will describe the computer software developed and the measurements of system effectiveness required to gain complete acceptance of the system by management.

Keywords: production/scheduling:; flowshop (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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