A Knowledge-Based Approach to Production Planning

This paper discusses a knowledge-based approach to production planning, the process of establishing production rates, work force levels and on-hand inventories for product families as a possible alternative to traditional operational research methods. It describes one company's experienced-base...

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Published in:The Journal of the Operational Research Society 1990-05, Vol.41 (5), p.377-390
Main Authors: Duchessi, Peter, O'Keefe, Robert M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Business and Management
Capital costs
Exact sciences and technology
Expert systems
Heuristic
Heuristics
Inventory management
Knowledge management
Management
Marketing
Methods
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Operations research
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Overtime
Planning. Forecasting
Production costs
Production Planning
Prototypes
Special Issue Paper
Workforce
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Summary:This paper discusses a knowledge-based approach to production planning, the process of establishing production rates, work force levels and on-hand inventories for product families as a possible alternative to traditional operational research methods. It describes one company's experienced-based approach to production planning and how this was incorporated into a knowledge-based system. The production planning state-space, use of common planning constraints and heuristic procedures, and a prototype of a knowledge-based system that develops production plans for one product family are also described.
ISSN:0160-5682
1476-9360
DOI:10.1057/jors.1990.64