Applicability of Fuzzy Expert System for Production Planning and Scheduling

Production planning scheduling and control are forms of decision - making , which play a crucial role in maufacturing as well as in just in time production system. In the current competitive environment , effective planning , scheduling and controlling has become a necessity for survival in the marketplace. In the last decade maufacturing companies, decided to adopt intelligent solution, since the traditional manufacturing planning and scheduling mechanisms were found to be insrfficiently flexible to respond to changing production styles and highly dynamic varation in production in product requirements.

Applicability of Fuzzy Expert System for Production Planning and Scheduling Keywords:

expert system. Fuzzy logic , Production Planning , Hierarchical , Scheduling