A Linear Program for Economic Lot Sizes using Labor Priorities

J. Gaylord May
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J. Gaylord May: Wake Forest University and Western Electric, Winston-Salem

Management Science, 1974, vol. 21, issue 3, 277-285

Abstract: This paper presents the development of a mathematical model to generate economic lot sizes, on a weekly basis, for an assembly-type shop. The model appears as a linear program which optimizes assigned labor priorities. Included is a description of the results achieved from a successful implementation of the model into the assembly operations. The paper also identifies this shop's problem within the general context of multi-product, multi-period scheduling. In particular, a certain class of scheduling problems is formulated using described techniques.

Date: 1974
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