Milne, R J; Wang, C-T; Yen, C-K A; Fordyce, K - In: Journal of the Operational Research Society 63 (2012) 11, pp. 1566-1577
This paper describes a custom operational research algorithm, which is run nightly by IBM to create a material requirements plan for its semiconductor fabrication facility in Vermont, USA. To model alternative manufacturing processes and part substitutions, this application interweaves linear...