RESULTS:
The model indicated that the production requirements could be achieved by dedicating 1 operator for each plating line and using 5 floating operators to support any of the 4 plating lines. This resulted in an annual Labor Savings of $335,000.
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Company:
Philip Morris, U.S.A. - Large Consumer Products Company
Product Used:
Capacity Planning and Scheduling System
Objectives:
Develop computer tool to:
» Schedule the production operations on a daily basis » Use for long term capacity planning
Results:
» Prototype scheduling system delivered in 4 months
» Linked to external data bases
» Successfully duplicated weekly schedule in 15 seconds
» Improved current schedule by optimizing total changeover time
» No limit on scheduling time horizon
