Abstract
Before being harvested sugar cane is burnt in the fields and then cut and carried to the processing plant. After burning, the cane must be processed within 15 days, otherwise the saccharose in it transforms into ethanol and the cane has to be discarded. In this paper we present a simulation algorithm for scheduling the operations and planning the resources, in such a way that the lapse of time between end of burning and processing is minimized. This algorithm can be used as a basis for a decision support system. It calculates the maximum size of a field that can have all its cane processed within 15 days. Alternatively, it can give the quantity of cane in a field that cannot be processed in time and hence will be spoilt.
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