Planning the Cutting of Photographic Color Paper Rolls for Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd

A. A. Farley
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A. A. Farley: Accounting and Finance Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia and Alternative Management Solutions Pty. Ltd., 45 Furneaux Grove, Bulleen, Victoria 3105, Australia

Interfaces, 1991, vol. 21, issue 1, 92-106

Abstract: At Kodak (Australasia) I addressed the problem of diagramming small customer rolls from large bulk rolls of expensive photographic color paper. Certain characteristics of the problem led to a new innovative approach, for example, the need for the majority of customer rolls to be splice free and a lack of homogeneity in the raw material. I based my system on a two-phase integer programming approach. At phase 1, a suite of integer models are solved using a “look-ahead” strategy to generate a set of alternatives for phase 2 to select from. Since, implementation diagramming waste has improved by over 50 percent, yielding benefits in excess of $2 million in the first year. Other benefits include increased productivity of the cutting machine, less time devoted to diagramming, an increased ability to move to a shorter planning horizon, and the capability to better match supply to demand.

Keywords: production/scheduling: cutting stock; programming: integer; applications; industries: paper; photographic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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