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Planning the Cutting of Photographic Color Paper Rolls for Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd

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  • A. A. Farley

    (Accounting and Finance Department, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia and Alternative Management Solutions Pty. Ltd., 45 Furneaux Grove, Bulleen, Victoria 3105, Australia)

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At Kodak (Australasia) I addressed the problem of diagramming small customer rolls from large bulk rolls of expensive photographic color paper. Certain characteristics of the problem led to a new innovative approach, for example, the need for the majority of customer rolls to be splice free and a lack of homogeneity in the raw material. I based my system on a two-phase integer programming approach. At phase 1, a suite of integer models are solved using a “look-ahead” strategy to generate a set of alternatives for phase 2 to select from. Since, implementation diagramming waste has improved by over 50 percent, yielding benefits in excess of $2 million in the first year. Other benefits include increased productivity of the cutting machine, less time devoted to diagramming, an increased ability to move to a shorter planning horizon, and the capability to better match supply to demand.

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  • A. A. Farley, 1991. "Planning the Cutting of Photographic Color Paper Rolls for Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 21(1), pages 92-106, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:21:y:1991:i:1:p:92-106
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.21.1.92
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    1. Peter C. Bell & Chris K. Anderson & Stephen P. Kaiser, 2003. "Strategic Operations Research and the Edelman Prize Finalist Applications 1989--1998," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 51(1), pages 17-31, February.
    2. Peter C. Bell & Chris K. Anderson, 2002. "In Search of Strategic Operations Research/Management Science," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 32(2), pages 28-40, April.

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