A relational database approach to a linear programming based decision support system for production planning in secondary wood product manufacturing
Secondary manufacturers in the forest products industry face a complex production planning process. Linear programming based applications have addressed this production planning issue. However, most models have been developed for a specific plant configuration and cannot readily be applied to oth...
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12451 |
| Summary: | Secondary manufacturers in the forest products industry face a complex production
planning process. Linear programming based applications have addressed this production
planning issue. However, most models have been developed for a specific plant
configuration and cannot readily be applied to others. A relational database approach was
used to create an integrated linear programming based decision support system that can
be used to analyze production planning issues in a wide variety of secondary wood
product manufacturers. The system was validated at a secondary manufacturing operation
in British Columbia. The flexibility of the resultant system indicated the potential to finetune
operating strategies in the highly dynamic environment characteristic of secondary
manufacturers. === Forestry, Faculty of === Graduate |
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