Development of a batch manager for dynamic scheduling and process management in multiproduct batch processes

A batch manager is developed for the dynamic scheduling and on-line managem ent of process operations. The developed system consists of a process monit oring module and a dynamic scheduling module. When a deviation from the ini tial schedule is detected in a process monitoring module, dynamic schedulin g is performed in the dynamic scheduling module and the initial schedule is adjusted to the proper schedule by using rescheduling algorithms presented in this paper. The adjusted schedule is shown in the process monitoring mo dule. The dynamic scheduler in the batch manager copes with several unexpec ted process events of batch process operations by adjusting the EST (Earlie st Start Time) of equipment, redetermining the batch path and reassigning t asks to equipment. This study focuses on the implementation of a batch mana ger with on-line dynamic scheduling for batch process management. Examples of fodder production batch processes illustrate the efficiency of the algor ithms.