From cast10-request@bevo.che.wisc.edu Fri Apr 21 17:22:55 2000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bevo.che.wisc.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id RAA08504; Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:22:55 -0500 (CDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:22:55 -0500 (CDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14592.54461.512657.184213@bahaha.che.wisc.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:22:53 -0500 (CDT) From: Dharmashankar Subramanian To: "James B. Rawlings" , cast10@bevo.che.wisc.edu Subject: CAST: Re: Short Course X-CAST-Category: education course 2000-10 Resent-Message-ID: <"K68vose7gHI.A.XeG._SNA5"@bevo.che.wisc.edu> Resent-From: cast10@bevo.che.wisc.edu X-Mailing-List: X-Loop: cast10@bevo.che.wisc.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: cast10-request@bevo.che.wisc.edu Sender: cast10-request@bevo.che.wisc.edu Errors-To: cast10-request@bevo.che.wisc.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Past postings on the CAST10 Email List are archived on the World Wide Web at http://www.che.wisc.edu/cast10 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Short Course in Advanced Planning and Scheduling System Technology in Process Management Professor G. E. Blau Professor J. F. Pekny Professor G. V. Reklaitis Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1283 The are still a few places available for this two-day short course to be held on May 17-19, 2000 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. An outline of the course program, information on the course and a registration form follows. Course Overview The field of process planning and scheduling is rapidly changing in response to the need of companies to take advantage of MIS systems to achieving productivity enhancements. The course will review the major application areas, discuss a simple architecture for classifying all tools, provide an opportunity to develop group solutions to scheduling problems posed by group attendees and discuss the technical fundamentals required to decode the rapidly expanding terminology and marketing hype. To show how technology is evolving, the course will address applications of planning and scheduling methodology outside the manufacturing process in such areas as product pipeline and project management, process design and business process optimization. A central theme of the course will be the role of planning and scheduling tools in implementing a business plan and understanding where and how value is added to data by these tools. Upon completion of the course, participants will understand the relationship of planning and scheduling tools to enterprise-wide data systems; be able to make informed suggestions as to the appropriateness of a given tool for an application; and identify features which can be used to classify the large array of industry problems. Program Wednesday, May 17, 2000 1:00 p.m. Course Overview and Discussion with Participants 1:30 p.m. Introduction Process Management Applications Project Management and Pipeline Planning Business Acquisition Supply Chain Design and Operation Warehouse and Materials Management Facility Design and Operation Work Center Design and Operation Convergence of Market, Financial, and Manufacturing Factors The Need to Put Business Plans Online and in Practice The Combinatorial Character of Process Management Problems The Combinatorial Variety of Process Management Problems The Effect of Uncertainty in Process Management The Role of Information Systems in Planning and Scheduling Perspectives on Planning and Scheduling Problems (terminology viewpoint, technology viewpoint, modeling viewpoint) Putting it in Perspective: An Industrial Scheduling Case Study Finish at approximately 5:00 p.m. Thursday, May 18, 2000 8:30 a.m. The Nature of Planning and Scheduling Problems Demand Management and Forecasting Issues Incorporating Forecasting and Market Intuition What is a Model? Model Predictive Scheduling: Getting Control of Processes The Need to Separate Problem Expression from Problem Solution Representing Planning and Scheduling 11:15 a.m. Example Problems Differences Between Process and Discrete Parts Scheduling An Environmentally Motivated Scheduling Problem Scheduling For Customer Service Types of Labor Studies Extrusion Paper Mill Scheduling Slitting Line Scheduling Plant and Warehouse Location Swaps, Exchanges, and Tolls 12:00 Noon Lunch (provided) 1:00 p.m. Technology for Solving Planning and Scheduling Problems Why Does a User Care? What Makes Scheduling Problems Hard? Linear and Integer Programming Methods Heuristic Methods Classic Approaches to Scheduling Problems Electronic Gantt Chart Programs Heuristic versus Exact Solution Methods Expert Systems Genetic Algorithms Generic and Customized Mathematical Programming Methods Engineered APS Systems The Future of Planning and Scheduling Technology 2:30 p.m. Planning and Scheduling Hands-on Laboratory Planning with Microsoft Excel Solver Spreadsheet Based Scheduling Using an Electronic Gantt Chart Heuristic Scheduling Tools Combinatorial Optimization Based Scheduling Tools Key Issues to be Covered: Making the Right Assumptions Iterative Refinement Making a Business Case 7:00 p.m. Dinner With Course Instructors & Assistants (provided) Friday, May 19, 2000 8:30 a.m. Process Management Under Uncertainty Strategies for Managing Risk Statistical Concepts Case Study: Product Pipeline and Project Management Decision Making Under Uncertainty Thinking of Process Decisions as Financial Options Multiple Objective Decision Making Project Screening and Selection My Data is not Quite Right: Sensitivity Analysis Simulation of the New Product Development Process Time and Again: Simulation Based Optimization Putting it Together: An Integrated Approach to Project Selection 12:00 Noon Lunch (provided) 1:00 p.m. Decision-Making Under Uncertainty Hands-on Laboratory Forecasting-Simulation Based Optimization Simulating the Product Development Process Project Selection as a Multiple Constrained Knapsack Problem Lecturers Dr. Blau is a Visiting Professor at Purdue University. Prior to joining the Purdue faculty, he was head of the Global Agriculture Math Modeling and Analysis (GAMMA) group in Dow Agrosciences and a technical fellow. His research interests include using probabilistic, and statistical approaches to accommodate uncertainty in corporate decision-making with a focus on applications in demand forecasting, the design/retrofit of processes, and scheduling. He received his BASc from the University of Waterloo, M.S., and Ph.D. from Stanford University, and was the recipient of the Computing Practice Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr. Pekny is a Professor and University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University and has research interests in process control, design, planning, scheduling, and supply-chain optimization, as well as algorithm engineering, combinatorial optimization, large scale software systems, and numerical methods. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. from Princeton University, and was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1990. A strong component of Professor Pekny's work is focused on the identification, development, and deployment of best-of-class technologies for routine process management. He has served as a consultant for more than a dozen Fortune 500 companies in all aspects of process management and manufacturing optimization. Dr. Reklaitis is Professor and Head of the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. His research interests include scheduling, planning, design, and plant layout as well as simulation methods, nonlinear optimization, and knowledge-based methods. The scope of his research includes supply chain design and operation, scheduling under uncertainty, and the integration of planning, scheduling, and control techniques. He received his B.S. from the Illinois Institute of Technology and M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has authored well-known textbooks in optimization methods and the basics of energy and material balances. Dr. Reklaitis has served as the chair of the Council on Chemical Research. General Information Cost per person is $950.00. This includes a set of lecture notes. The number of places is limited to 20. A few places remain and will be filled on a first come, first served bases. We recommend that you register as early as possible. For further information call: 765-494-9472 or e-mail to: blau@ecn.purdue.edu or Pekny@ecn.purdue.edu Registration 4190-CAS Advanced Planning and Scheduling System Technology in Process Management Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana May 17 - 19, 2000 Please return the application form with the $950 registration fee by May 6, 2000. Registrants will receive a packet of maps and resource materials prior to the course. NAME ORGANIZATION ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP PHONE E-MAIL Payment Method: * Enclosed is a check payable to Purdue University * Please charge my: o Visa o Master Card o Discover American Express is not accepted.. Account Number ____________________________ Expiration Date ____________________________ Authorized Signature ____________________________ __ I require auxiliary aids and services due to a disability. Please contact me __ I will require a special diet Describe:______________________________________________ Please return the application and payment to: Business Office, Conference Division Purdue University 1586 Stewart Center, Room 110 West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1586 Fax: 765-494-0567 Registrations must be received by May 6, 2000. Any questions about registration, please call Cindy Sargent, 765-496-3978 Travel Information Purdue University is in West Lafayette, Indiana, just off I-65, approximately 60 miles north of Indianapolis and 150 miles south of Chicago. Transportation to Purdue from Indianapolis International Airport is available from Lafayette Limo (reservations suggested, 765-497-3828), approximately a one-hour drive. The Purdue University airport is serviced by United Express (800-241-6522) with connecting flights through Chicago O'Hare and Chicago Midway. Northwest Airlink (800-225-2525) is also an option with connecting flights through Detroit, Moline, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. Rooms have been reserved at University Inn. Make reservations by calling (765) 463-5511. Purdue University is an equal opportunity/equal access institution