?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F480%2F&rft.title=Scheduling+in+the+manufacture+of+evaporative+air+conditioners&rft.creator=Boland%2C+N.&rft.creator=Panton%2C+D.&rft.subject=Discrete&rft.description=The+MISG+examined+the+problem+of+scheduling+production+of+air+conditioners+at+Seeley+International.+Seeley's+objective+was+to+meet+their+demand+in+a+more+cost-effective+way.+Two+models+are+proposed+to+achieve+this+objective.+A+long+term+master+production+schedule+with+a+yearly+planning+horizon+was+formulated+to+give+Seeley+a+broad+based+schedule+for+planning+production+to+meet+forecast+demands+and+production+constraints.+Output+from+this+model+is+designed+to+provide+the+appropriate+number+of+units+of+each+product+type+or+sub-assembly+item+to+be+produced+in+the+following+week.+This+output+is+then+designed+to+be+the+input+to+a+more+detailed+short+term+model+for+scheduling+production+at+the+machine+level.+The+short+term+model+is+formulated+to+handle+a+mixture+of+both+finished+products+and+sub-assemblies.+The+objective+of+the+short+term+model+is+to+minimise+total+production+time+to+free+up+the+use+of+resources+in+order+to+allow+for+external+orders.+Directions+for+further+work+are+discussed.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F480%2F1%2FScheduling-in-the-manufacture-of-evaporative-air-conditioners.pdf&rft.identifier=++Boland%2C+N.+and+Panton%2C+D.++(1995)+Scheduling+in+the+manufacture+of+evaporative+air+conditioners.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++