An Optimal Solution For Scheduling Of Printing And Binding^†

† Research supported in part by the National Research Council of Canada under contract number A-4051.

Abstract

A solution is presented for the scheduling of printing and binding of a book order when it is found that it is costly to leave the binder idle and a deadline has to be met for the distribution of the book order. The approach used is to split the printing of some of the parts into two portions so that the binder can begin binding earlier. A worked example is given.

Résumé

Une solution est presentée pour l’établissement d’un horaire d’impression et de reliure d’une commande delivres, lorsqu’il s’averé couteux de laisser le relieur inactif et qu’une date limite existe pour la distribution de cette commande. L’approche utilisée consiste à séparer l’impression des différentes section en deux parties, de façon à ce que le relieur puisse commencer le reliage plus tôt. Un example concret est donné.

Notes

† Research supported in part by the National Research Council of Canada under contract number A-4051.

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N.G.F. Sancho

PROFESSOR N. SANCHO is at present an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, McGill University. He specializes in Optimization and its application to the Biosciences and Economics, and/or Operations Research. He has published recent articles in Mathematical Programming and Mathematical Biosciences.