R for Industrial Engineers
Scheduling Optimization with R
Operations Research Applications in Production Planning
Operations Research
Operations Research is a scientific approach for decision making that seeks for the best design and operation of a system, usually under conditions requiring the allocation of scarce or limited resources. The scientific approach for decision making requires the use of one or more mathematical optimization models (i.e. representations of the actual situation) to make the optimum decision.
Scheduling
Scheduling consists in the process of arranging, assigning, controlling and optimizing resources, work and workloads in a production or manufacturing setting. It has a direct significant impact on the productivity of a process.
In a manufacturing setting, the purpose of scheduling consists in minimizing costs and production times by indicating the facility and operators the total number of units to be produced, at what time period and to which customer, the previous while satisfying the demand and not exceeding their current capacities.
Under this premise, scheduling tasks could be analyzed and solved using the transportation algorithm, where n units from i suppliers…
