A Heuristic Scheduling System for Ceramic Industrial Coatings

John R. Olson and Marc J. Schniederjans
Additional contact information
John R. Olson: School of Business Administration, DePaul University, 1 East Jackson, Chicago, Illinois 60604
Marc J. Schniederjans: College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0491

Interfaces, 2000, vol. 30, issue 5, 16-22

Abstract: We developed and implemented a heuristic-based scheduling system for Ceramic Industrial Coatings (CIC), a large producer of paint and wood coatings in the Midwest. We experienced implementation issues and problems in the process of developing the heuristic system. The paint coating industry has unique scheduling problems. Results included a 39-percent reduction in manufacturing processing time, a 23-percent reduction in late batches, a 49-percent reduction in scrapped batches, and a 72-percent reduction in scrap cost.

Keywords: INDUSTRIES—CHEMICAL; PRODUCTION-SCHEDULING—APPROXIMATIONS-HEURISTIC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.30.5.16.11635 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:inm:orinte:v:30:y:2000:i:5:p:16-22

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Interfaces from INFORMS Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Asher ().