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Case-Oriented Paper

An Interactive Production Planning System in the Chemical Industry

I. W. SandersonB. P. Chemicals Ltd, Mayfair PlaceLondon
Pages 731-739 | Published online: 19 Dec 2017
 
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Abstract

This paper offers an example of a practical production planning system as used routinely by BP Chemicals Ltd. It is based on the interactive control of a linear programming model embedded in a system for data collection and report production. The model solves a "product mix" type of problem with a multi-criteria objective function.

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