Solving Large-Scale Production Scheduling and Planning in the Process Industries

Description

This book presents a number of efficient techniques for solving large-scale production scheduling and planning problems in process industries. The main content is supplemented by a wealth of illustrations, while case studies on large-scale industrial applications, ranging from continuous to semicontinuous and batch processes, round out the coverage. The book examines a variety of complex, real-world problems, and demonstrates solutions that are applicable to scenarios and countries around the world. Specifically, these case studies include: • the production planning of the bottling stage of a major brewery at the Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma (Heineken Int) in Mexico;• the production scheduling for multi-stage semicontinuous processes at an ice-cream production facility of Unilever in the Netherlands;• the resource-constrained production planning for the yogurt production line at the KRI KRI dairy production facility in Greece; and• the production scheduling for large-scale, multi-stage batch processes at a pharmaceutical batch plant in Germany. In addition, the book includes industrial-inspired case studies of: • the simultaneous planning of production and logistics operations considering multi-site facilities for semicontinuous processes; and• the integrated planning of production and utility systems in process industries under uncertainty. Solving Large-scale Production Scheduling and Planning in the Process Industries offers a valuable reference guide for researchers and decision-makers alike, as it shows readers how to evaluate and improve existing installations, and how to design new ones. It is also well suited as a textbook for advanced courses on production scheduling and planning in industry, as it addresses the optimization of production and logistics operations in real-world process industries. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 3-8 State of the Art (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 9-55 Methods and Tools (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 57-70 Front Matter ....Pages 71-71 Production Planning and Scheduling of Parallel Continuous Processes (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 73-94 Front Matter ....Pages 95-95 Production Scheduling in Multistage Semicontinuous Process Industries (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 97-113 Resource-Constrained Production Planning and Scheduling in Multistage Semicontinuous Process Industries (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 115-139 Simultaneous Optimization of Production and Logistics Operations in Semicontinuous Process Industries (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 141-166 Front Matter ....Pages 167-167 Production Scheduling in Large-Scale Multistage Batch Process Industries (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 169-188 Front Matter ....Pages 189-189 Integrated Operational and Maintenance Planning of Production and Utility Systems (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 191-244 Front Matter ....Pages 245-245 Conclusions and Outlook (Georgios M. Kopanos, Luis Puigjaner)....Pages 247-252 Back Matter ....Pages 253-291