摘要 |
<p>Apparatus for production planning in a manufacturing facility is provided. The apparatus comprises means (10) for generating a plurality of theoretical plans and a constraint-based model for receiving one of the theoretical production plans, and applying at least one constraint (18, 20) thereto. Further, a cost function (16) is computed for the theoretical production plans. Means is then provided for searching for a feasible production plan among the plurality of theoretical plans, where the feasible plan is the plan which does not violate the applied constraint and has the least computed cost function. <IMAGE></p> |