text: Juwono, Cynthia P.
  16 March 1992
  A multistage production system consists of a number of
  production stages that are interrelated, that is the output
  from one stage forms input to the next stage. There are
  constraints associated with each stage as well as constraints
  imposed by the overall system. Besides, there are multiple
  objectives that need to be satisfied, and in numerous cases,
  these objectives conflict with each other. What is required is
  an efficient technique to allocate and schedule resources so
  as to provide a balance between the conflicting objectives
  within the system constraints.
  This study is concerned with the problem of scheduling
  multistage production systems in food processing industry. The
  system and products have complex structure and relationships.
  This makes the system difficult to be solved analytically.
  Therefore, the problem is solved by developing a heuristic
  algorithm that considers most of the constraints. The output
  generated by the algorithm includes a production schedule
  which specifies the starting and completion times of the
  products in each stage and the machines where the products are
  to be processed. In addition, a summary of system performances
  including throughput times, resources' utilizations, and tardy
  products is reported. / Graduation date: 1992
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