Corn seed Production Facility Simulation

Seed production process spans various activities including: planting a given hybrid in the field, in-season operations, harvesting, and seed processing in the manufacturing facilities. A set of fields is assigned to a manufacturing site for seed processing and packaging after the harvest is completed.

 

Given that Bayer® operates several seed production facilities with different product mix, the planning function at Bayer® needs determine the production plan for each of these facilities keeping into account constraints such as product portfolio, complex bill of material, product routing through the facility, physical space and material handling systems, equipment configuration & efficiency and workforce constraints among other items to ensure right seed is shipped to the right customer at the right time.

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This problem that our team is tackling is a slight modification of the original problem provided for the December SIMIO Competition 2018.