Production Scheduling Tools to Prevent and Repair Disruptions in MRCPSP

Abstract

Companies invest countless hours in planning project execution because it is a crucial component for their growth. However, regardless of all the considerations taken in the planning stage, uncertainty inherent to project execution leads to schedule disruptions, and even renders projects unfeasible. There is a vast amount of studies for generating baseline (predictive) schedules, yet, the literature regarding reactive scheduling for the Multi-Mode Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (MRCPSP) is scant with only two previous studies found at the time of writing. In contrast, schedule disruption management has been thoroughly studied in the mass production environment, and regardless of the difficulties encountered, they will almost certainly be required to meet the levels planned. With this in mind, this study proposes an integrative (proactive and reactive) scheduling framework that uses the experience and methodologies developed in the production scheduling environment and apply it to the MRCPSP. The purpose of this framework is to be used on further empirical research.