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Abstract:
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A theoretical model is developed using actual data from
a textile company. The data was collected to reflect both
the marketing and production functions. The model
successfully reflected the production environment and was
demonstrated to the textile company. The model is solved
by linear programming, a method of allocating limited
resources among competing activities.
The model provides information to the textile company
about unused resources and products that could best utilize
those resources. styles and quantities of that style that
could best fill any available capacity can be indicated.
In this manner, a company can use the most production
capacity possible and increase profit opportunities. A
textile company, using the program developed in this work,
can determine maximum profit possible from a group of
competing orders. This ensures that the company will have
the greatest profit possibility. For a production
facility, an optimal machine schedule can be produced. The
system can show how many machines should be running each
style. This work can also determine the feasibility of any
order for any delivery date. In this way, a company can be sure that it can produce a good before it enters the
planning and allocation stage of order processing. This
will ensure that a textile company will have the quickest
response time possible.
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