Jobs scheduling problem in a small scale measure of paper making industry
Authors :
Pervaiz Iqbala,* and P.S. Sehik Udumanb
Author Address :
a,bDepartment of Mathematics and Actuarial Science, B. S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
*Corresponding author.
Abstract :
Paper plant is one of the key industrial sectors contributing to the Indian economy. It becomes an essential requirement in our day to day life and is used extensively in our society. The paper product is used not only for writing and publishing purpose, but also used in the form of variety of papers such as tissue papers, cardboards and brown papers etc. This paper developed a framework for proper scheduling of activities (jobs) in paper plant by using job scheduling technique. The problem addressed by using of makespan as a measure of performance where the jobs are sequentially scheduled to the order of priorities to achieve the optimum results. Thus, the result shows that CDS and A1 heuristics are preferred to the traditional method of USO (usual serial method). Accordingly, the CDS heuristic followed by A1 gives the best makespan result. Hence, the operational efficiency of paper plant could lead to the continued sustainability of the Industry and a continued support for economic growth in India.
Keywords :
Paper plant, mathematical model, job orders, job scheduling, customer’s order, performance measure and optimum result.
DOI :
Article Info :
Received : April 15, 2015; Accepted : June 13, 2015.
