Application of linear programming model for machinery mix purchasing decision during the startup plan of garment companies

Abstract

The new business starter in the garment industry is facing great challenge with respect to improper resource utilization mainly budget and space. This is mostly due to traditional planning method of machinery allocation technique. Inconvenient production and productivity achievement also the result of improper investment plan during the startup phase. The aim of this is study is to propose an integer programming approach that considers the fluctuations of the resource demands for optimal and dependable allocation of production machines.  At the heart of the approach there are techniques for optimally partitioning the time-horizon into intervals of re-structuring phase variable lengths and for reliably estimating the resource demands in each interval. Results shows that the proposed approach allocates garment production machines successfully in a linear programing mathematical modeling where the dependability requirement has been strictly considered.

 Keywords: Linear programing; Startup plan; Resource allocation