XSEED Textile is state-of-the-art optimization software for integrated lot-sizing and scheduling for the spinning industry.

The production in the spinning industry is a multi-stage process. Each stage has single or parallel machines. Typically, these machines have different production features, such as processing speeds and changeover times. The machine setups depend on the sequence of products to be manufactured by the machines. The main products are made of natural or synthetic fibers.

Production lots should be achieved in order to satisfy customer demand in the cost-efficient way. Therefore, the spinning industry requires simultaneous size and sequence of production lots. The integration of scheduling and lot-sizing decisions helps to define better production plans than those generated from the solution of these problems in a sequential way. The first-stage process deals with blending whereas the second stage concerns the yarn production.

The first-stage of production should be synchronized with the second-stage of production, in product quality terms. The scheduling is a challenging one due to occurrence of sequence-dependent setup times.

Our optimization software determines the production schedule of the first and second stages with minimum setup changeover, inventory and backlogging costs while trying to meet the due dates of the customer demand.

Our analytics products are extremely configurable and scalable. If your organization requires customization of the optimization model to incorporate your organization’s unique performance metrics or unique business rules, our optimization experts can customize the product quickly and deliver it.

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