Authors : Rong-Chang Chen , Tung-Shou Chen , Chen-Chang Feng , Chih-Chiang Lin and Kuei-Ching Lin
Abstract: We develop a scheduling system for elastic knitted fabric production. The system is designed to assist the production controller to schedule production rapidly to satisfy customer orders. In this system, the input data are collected directly from the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The input data contains the basic information regarding customer orders such as order number, order volume and so on. In this study, we use the genetic algorithm to be the analytical tool. The system can automatically schedule production depend on the fitness function. Moreover, the system provides to adjust manually by just drawing the mouse cursor onto the selected job to the position they like and release the mouse and the system will reschedule the production. The system is designed to be easy to use, flexible, automatic and adjustable. For this reason, the system is suitable to the production of the elastic knitted fabric.
Rong-Chang Chen , Tung-Shou Chen , Chen-Chang Feng , Chih-Chiang Lin and Kuei-Ching Lin , 2006. Application of Genetic Algorithm on Production Scheduling of Elastic Knitted Fabrics. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1: 149-153.