Production management in the textile industry using the “YFADI” decision support system

Abstract The decision support system (DSS) presented here is dealing with the production planning and scheduling in the textile industry. The DSS aims at the efficient management of a mixed production system (job-shop and flow-shop), such as that of the textile industry. Its main feature is the effective combination of a database and a model based management system in order to merge existing expert knowledge. A powerfull user interface makes the DSS user-friendly and a multi-module formulation is used for better interpretation and analysis of the production procedures. 1