Production scheduling in a foundry machine shop

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dc.contributor.advisorLister, Gordonen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Jeremy Johnen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-25T16:49:59Z
dc.date.available2016-09-25T16:49:59Z
dc.date.issued1986en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 89-92.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe scheduling of production in job shops is generally accomplished in four stages; aggregate planning, machine loading, sequencing and detailed scheduling. In industrial job shops, the number of jobs and machines makes detailed scheduling a particularly complicated and unwieldy task. When faced with this situation, a typical response of managements is to simply ignore the problem and apply some remedial action by adapting existing company operation procedures. The first objective of this dissertation is to indicate the dangers and inefficiencies which result when the problem of detailed scheduling is ignored. This is done in terms of a case study analysis in which the problems which currently exist in the machine shop at Atlantis Aluminium, a jobbing foundry, are illustrated. The second objective is to develop a systematic approach for the solution of detailed scheduling in job shops. Major steps in this approach are: i) a classification of shop scheduling problems ii) a survey of relevant scheduling literature in order to determine existing detailed scheduling techniques iii) the design of the scheduling system This approach is illustrated by applying it to the machine shop at Atlantis Aluminium.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMiller, J. J. (1986). <i>Production scheduling in a foundry machine shop</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21924en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMiller, Jeremy John. <i>"Production scheduling in a foundry machine shop."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21924en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMiller, J. 1986. Production scheduling in a foundry machine shop. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Miller, Jeremy John AB - The scheduling of production in job shops is generally accomplished in four stages; aggregate planning, machine loading, sequencing and detailed scheduling. In industrial job shops, the number of jobs and machines makes detailed scheduling a particularly complicated and unwieldy task. When faced with this situation, a typical response of managements is to simply ignore the problem and apply some remedial action by adapting existing company operation procedures. The first objective of this dissertation is to indicate the dangers and inefficiencies which result when the problem of detailed scheduling is ignored. This is done in terms of a case study analysis in which the problems which currently exist in the machine shop at Atlantis Aluminium, a jobbing foundry, are illustrated. The second objective is to develop a systematic approach for the solution of detailed scheduling in job shops. Major steps in this approach are: i) a classification of shop scheduling problems ii) a survey of relevant scheduling literature in order to determine existing detailed scheduling techniques iii) the design of the scheduling system This approach is illustrated by applying it to the machine shop at Atlantis Aluminium. DA - 1986 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1986 T1 - Production scheduling in a foundry machine shop TI - Production scheduling in a foundry machine shop UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21924 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21924
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMiller JJ. Production scheduling in a foundry machine shop. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1986 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21924en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEngineering Managementen_ZA
dc.titleProduction scheduling in a foundry machine shopen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSc (Eng)en_ZA
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