Capacity planning

A supporting framework for maintenance capacity planning and scheduling: Development and application in the aircraft MRO industry

D. Dinis, A. Barbosa-Póvoa, A.P. Teixeira

International Journal of Production Economics (Published)

Dec, 2019

Keywords: Maintenance data Data treatment and analysis Capacity planning SchedulingRisk

This paper proposes a framework for the qualitative and quantitative characterization of maintenance work to support Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) organizations in performing capacity planning and scheduling. A quantitative assessment based on 372 maintenance projects collected at…

Valuing data in aircraft maintenance through big data analytics: A probabilistic approach for capacity planning using Bayesian networks

D. Dinis, A. Barbosa-Póvoa, A.P. Teixeira

Computers and Industrial Engineering (Published)

Feb, 2019

Keywords: Maintenance Capacity planning Bayesian networks Big data analytics Decision support systems

Capacity planning is an important problem faced by aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) organizations given the uncertainty of maintenance workloads. Despite the considerable amount of data generated and stored during the planning process, these have yet to provide a decisive…

A simulation-optimization approach to integrate process design and planning decisions under technical and market uncertainties: A case from the chemical-pharmaceutical industry

C.M. Marques, S. Moniz, J.P. de Sousa, A.P. Barbosa-Póvoa

Computers and Chemical Engineering (Published)

Nov, 2017

Keywords: Process design Capacity planning Scale-ups Mixed integer linear programing Monte carlo simulation Uncertainty

This paper presents an innovative approach to solve the product-launch planning problem in the pharmaceutical industry, with uncertainty on the product demand and on clinical trials. A mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model, incorporating Monte Carlo simulation (MCS), was developed for…

Optimization and Monte Carlo Simulation for Product Launch Planning under Uncertainty

C.M. Marques, S. Moniz, J.P. de Sousa, A.P. Barbosa-Póvoa

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering (Published)

Jan, 2016

Keywords: Process Design Capacity Planning Pharmaceutical Industry MILP Monte Carlo Simulation

This paper presents an innovative approach to solve the product-launch planning problem in the pharmaceutical industry, with uncertainty on the product demand and on clinical trials. A mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model, incorporating Monte Carlo simulation (MCS), was developed for…

On the Optimization of Aircraft Maintenance Management

D. Dinis, A.P. Barbosa-Póvoa

Operations Research and Big Data IO2015-XVII Congress of Portuguese Association of Operational Research (APDIO) (Published)

Oct, 2015

Keywords: aircraft maintenance capacity planning spare parts forecasting inventory management task scheduling resource allocation

Task scheduling and resource allocation problems have been the subject of intense research over the past decades, particularly within Operations Research. However, seldom optimization models have been proposed to address the aircraft maintenance management process in an integrated manner…