Process Systems Engineering, 8. Plant Operation, Integration, Planning, Scheduling, and Supply Chain
Authors: Puigjaner Luis , Laínez José M. , Reklaitis Gintaras V. 
Published: January 2013

The article contains sections titled:1.Introduction1.1.The Planning/Scheduling Problem1.1.1.Enterprise‐Wide Long‐Term or Strategic Planning1.1.2.Short‐Term Production Scheduling1.2.Current State of Integrated Management of Process Operations1.2.1.Corporate Finances and International Issues1.2.2.Product Development1.2.3.Environmental Management1.2.4.Sales and Marketing1.2.5.Decision‐Making under Uncertainty1.2.5.1.Reactive Approaches1.2.5.2.Preventive Approaches2.Process Planning and Scheduling2.1.Resource Planning2.1.1.Structure of the Production Facility2.1.2.Mode of Operation2.1.3.Inventory Policy2.1.4.Resources Availability2.1.5.Structure of Demand2.1.6.Planning Horizon2.1.7.Performance Index2.2.Planning of New Product Development2.3.Planning Problem Solution Approaches2.3.1.Hierarchical Decomposition2.3.2.Rolling Horizon Solution Strategy2.3.3.Enumeration Procedures2.4.Production Planning for Parallel Multiproduct Plants2.4.1.Solution Strategy2.4.2.Optimization Procedure2.4.3.Industrial Applications2.4.3.1.The Pigment Factory2.4.3.2.Textile Production2.5.Single‐Site Production Scheduling2.5.1.Scheduling Requirements for Industrial Problems2.5.2.Mathematical Models2.6.Operation Under Uncertainty2.6.1.Generation of Robust Schedules2.6.2.Preventive Maintenance2.6.3.Simultaneous Production and Maintenance Tasks Scheduling2.6.4.Flexible Schedules2.6.4.1.Mathematical Formulation2.6.4.2.Processing Unit Allocation Constraints2.6.4.3.Flexible Recipe Model2.6.4.4.Recipe Flexibility Region2.6.4.5.Associated Cost of Deviations from Nominal Conditions2.6.4.6.Lower Bound on the Start Time of the Tasks2.6.4.7.Duration of Tasks2.6.4.8.Duration of the First Tasks2.6.4.9.Sequencing Constraints2.6.4.10.Tardiness and Earliness2.6.4.11.Problem Objective Function2.6.4.12.Illustrative Example2.7.Heuristic/Stochastic Approaches2.8.Software Support Tools2.8.1.Planning2.8.2.Scheduling2.8.2.1.gBBS2.8.2.2.Virtecs2.8.2.3.BOLD2.9.Benefits and Challenges of Scheduling/Planning Applications2.10.Nomenclature2.10.1.Scheduling2.10.2.Flexible Schedules3.Supply Chain Management3.1.Supply Chain Modeling3.1.1.Organizational Structure3.1.2.Model Elements3.1.2.1.SC Drivers3.1.2.2.SC Decisions3.1.2.3.SC Constraints3.2.Supply Chain Operations Strategic and Tactical Issues3.2.1.Operations Model3.2.1.1.Traditional Design‐Planning of Supply Chain Networks3.2.1.2.Flexible Design‐Planning of Supply Chain Networks3.2.2.Economic Performance Indicator3.2.3.Mapping Environmental Impacts within SCM3.3.Treatment of Uncertainty3.4.Detailed Scheduling Considerations in SC Design3.5.Illustrative Example3.5.1.The Design Problem3.5.2.Testing Solutions Using the MPC Framework3.5.3.Consideration of Failures3.6.Supporting Software3.7.Nomenclature3.7.1.Traditional Design Planning of Supply Chain Networks3.7.2.Flexible Design and Planning of Supply Chain Networks3.7.3.Mapping Environmental (Additional Nomenclature)3.7.4.Treatment of Uncertainty3.7.5.Scheduling Consideration in SC Design4.Conclusions and Future Directions5.Acknowledgments