Analysis and Formulation of Printing Process to Develop Knowledge-Based Scheduling Software

We have addressed the improvement of production efficiency and the review of business process for an automotive parts supplier, and the goal of this study is the development of production management software. This paper describes the business result analysis in printing process and a formulation of the tacit procedure by observing worker's empirical rule to develop the knowledge-based scheduling software. The whole of business processes are clarified by our previous researches, and the scheduling problem of printing process has been mainly discussed. Previously the printing process has been improved only by theoretical aspect, however it cannot flexibly respond to the change of production conditions such as the dispersion of order, the interrupt of urgent task, and the inventory quantity of parts in spite of the actual field can handle these. Therefore this paper regards that the technical know-how of tacit knowledge in the actual printing field is absolutely necessary factor in response to the change of production conditions, and a formulation designed to the minimization of setup operation are expressed.