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A Survey of the Modeling of the Production Planning and Scheduling in an Integrated Steel Mill

일관제철소 생산계획 및 일정계획 모형에 관한 조사연구

  • Seong, Deokhyun (Division of Business Administration, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2017.08.25
  • Accepted : 2017.11.03
  • Published : 2017.11.30
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Abstract

Global optimization that considers the processes at integrated steel mills is more important than the local optimization to improve the efficiency of a single process. Research utilizing mathematical models at integrated steel mills predominantly focus on solving problems solely for a specific process or focusing on what techniques are applied to. However, it is important to define the problems that must be solved at the steelworks, identify the objectives and constraints that can be modeled, and selection of methodologies that can be applied to the problems. The purpose of this study is to investigate the problems in improving efficiency at integrated steel mills from the viewpoint of production & operations management. We review the research have been conducted in order to solve those problems. We classified the research into 6 categories and suggested future research direction based on the global optimization. It is expected that research themes for improving the efficiency at integrated steel mills will be derived.

일관제철소의 모든 공정은 서로 연결됨으로써 단일공정에서의 효율성을 향상시킬 수 있는 최적화도 중요하지만 무엇보다도 전체 공정의 연결 관점에서의 최적화가 중요하다. 일관제철소에서의 경영과학 모형 적용에 관한 조사연구는 대부분 특정 공정만을 대상으로 문제해결을 위한 모형에 집중하고 있거나 혹은 일관제철소에서 발생되는 문제에 대해 어떤 기법이 적용되고 있는지에 대한 조사에 집중되고 있다. 그러나 이보다는 일관제철소에서 해결되어야만 하는 문제를 우선 정의하고, 이를 모형화 할 수 있는 목적과제약조건 등에 대해 파악하며, 현실적으로 적용 가능한 해를 구할 수 있는 방법론이무엇인지에 대한 연구가 어떻게 이루어져 왔는지에 대해 조사가 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 일관제철소 공정을 대상으로 생산운영관리관점에서의 효율성 향상을 위해 필요한 연구가 무엇인지를 기술한 후, 이를 해결하기 위해 어떤 연구들이 진행되어 왔는지에 대해 조사하였다. 이를 위해 6가지 영역으로 분류하여 기존 연구에 대해 조사하였으며, 전체최적화 관점에서 향후의 연구방안에 대해 제시하였다. 이를 바탕으로 일관제철소에서의 공정 효율성 제고를 위한 연구주제가도출될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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