1. Optimizing the cutting of stock plates in a furniture company.
- Author
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Morabito, Reinaldo and Arenales, Marcos
- Subjects
OPERATIONS research ,CUTTING stock problem ,FURNITURE industry - Abstract
In this study we analysed practical aspects of the application of a cutting stock model to a Brazilian company that manufactures furniture on a large scale with a high degree of standardization. The model is based on the classical approach of Gilmore and Gomory (1965, Operations Research, 14, 94-120), which combines a linear program and a column generation procedure. Besides the two-stage and three-stage guillotine cutting patterns, we also considered one-group guillotine patterns that improve the productivity of the cutting equipment. Examples derived from the furniture company are used to illustrate some of the trade-offs involved, in particular the trade-off between cutting simpler patterns and patterns that yield less waste material, but reduce the productivity of the cutting machine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2000
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