Title :
A review of planning and scheduling in the pulp and paper supply chain
Author :
Malik, M.M. ; Qiu, M.
Author_Institution :
Bus. Sch., Univ. of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
Abstract :
This paper reviews the body of work on the operational planning and optimization of the supply chain in the pulp and paper industry, with an emphasis on integrated production planning and scheduling. The supply chain issues confronting the industry are discussed along with the apparent unexplored areas of its operational planning. It also suggests future directions of research. Moreover, it gives a synopsis of the heritage of operational planning tools available and tracks the evolution of the pioneering methods in to advanced planning systems of modern day.
Keywords :
paper industry; production control; production planning; supply chains; operational planning; production planning; production scheduling; pulp-and-paper supply chain; Computer aided manufacturing; Costs; Environmental economics; Job shop scheduling; Lot sizing; Materials requirements planning; Process planning; Production planning; Pulp and paper industry; Supply chains; Planning and scheduling; Pulp and paper; Supply chain operational planning;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2008. IEEM 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2629-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2630-0
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738193
