This paper gives a review on existing scheduling methodologies developed for process
industries. Above all, the aim of the paper is to focus on the industrial aspects of scheduling …

Despite the increased number of publications in the area during the last two decades, there
is no unified notation and systematic framework for chemical production scheduling. In this …

Scheduling is a major component for the efficient operation of the process industries.
Especially in the current competitive globalized market, scheduling is of vital importance to …

Two process scheduling examples from consumer goods industries are presented. These
problems contain several features, which in practice tend to make problems difficult to solve …

Production planning, scheduling and sequencing comprise the core of the manufacturing
companies' performance. The new and changing market demands make manufacturing a …

The problems of production scheduling and sequencing refer to decision making regarding
the designation of jobs to available resources and their subsequent order to optimize pre …

The performance of an company depends both on its technological expertise and its
managerial and organizational effectiveness. Production management is an important part …

This paper considers the gap between scheduling theory and scheduling practice. The
development and the main results of classical scheduling theory are reviewed and …

Production scheduling and process control have the common aim of identifying
(economically) optimal operational decisions, and it is reasonable to expect that significant …

Obtaining economic and reliable schedules constitutes the core of excellence in customer
service and of efficiency in manufacturing operations. While few areas have been more …