Research of Planning Methods in Graphic Production

Production planning in graphic production is one of the most difficult tasks due to the simple reason that one single printing house produces over a hundred different products. One and the same product may be made in many various ways, i.e. on basis of different workflows in the same printing press. However, some of the methods are the optimal ones and some are not. A planner is faced with numerous problems linked with machines and people being occupied. This paper is a report on the research and module development, as well as development of planning methods specific for graphic production. It has been made possible to have autonomous system configuration for the wished planning (machines, production chains, people and crew). The paper shows planning methods especially developed for solving the most difficult situations, functioning in a simple and visual manner allowing the job of planning to be less difficult for the planner.