Introduces a production scheduling problem encountered in COMPAL S.A., a factory located in Lisbon (Portugal) which produces perishable goods for the food market. From the factory specifications the authors show how to derive a scheduling model and a two-step heuristic procedure for its solution. >
['Giuseppe Menga', 'Roberto Tadei', 'M. Trubian', 'Giuseppe Volta', 'F. Della Croce']
Production scheduling for perishable goods: a case study