Modeling the Production Planning and Scheduling Activities and Data in Warp Knitting, Dyeing and Finishing

Abstract

Production planning and scheduling plays a fundamental role inside any manufacturing organization, and is a core competence since it interacts with all the functional areas of the organization. Production planning and scheduling is the basic tile of the first information systems upon which enterprise resource planning has been built on. Nevertheless, despite the importance of this function, companies often fail to see the importance of planning and scheduling as well as study the best possible solutions for the function, one such industry is warp knitting. Using the IDEF0 and IDEF1X modeling methodologies, a model for representing the activities and the data involved in the production planning and scheduling of a warp-knitting, dyeing and finishing company has been developed. The models were validated by gathering information from visits made to companies operating in the area of the model. The models may be used as a starting point for an information management solution in production planning and scheduling in the warp knitting, dyeing and finishing industry, as well as determining all the areas that impact a scheduling solution.