Scheduling a multi-product single machine system.

In this paper, a method based on a new approach has been given for tackling the scheduling problem usually encountered when a number of products are manufactured on a single machine on a repetitive basis. The method provides a near optimum schedule for multi-product single machine systems, and is eminently suitable for those systems where machine utilization is high. An example has been solved for illustrating the method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]