Abstract
This paper considers the medium-term production smoothing problem for the injection moulding department of a Belgian firm. The problem is formulated as a series of one machine capacitated dynamic lot sizing problems, which are then solved by heuristic procedures. Computational results for real-life data are presented. It follows that the capacitated lot sizing approach succeeds in smoothing production such that subcontracting, which was often necessary with the E.O.Q. approach used by the firm, could be avoided in the future. Moreover, total set-up and inventory costs are reduced by about 20%.
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