The Ripon Community Printers Student Consultancy Project (UMAP)

The Senior Seminar of the Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science at Ripon College decided to work as a consultancy group in 1996-97. Its client was a local printing company, Ripon Community Printers (RCP). This report outlines the year-long effort of the seminar group.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
Meetings
Consultation with Experts
Decision to Automate Current Procedure
Scheduling Practice at RCP

ALGORITHM DEVELOPMENT
Data Organization
Handling Exceptions
Prescheduling
Post-press prescheduling
Binding prescheduling
Press prescheduling
Pre-press prescheduling

SCHEDULING
Pre-Press Scheduling
Press Scheduling
Binding and Post-Press Scheduling

RESULTS

PRESENTATIONS

REFERENCES

ABOUT THE AUTHORS