A Novel Approach for Optimum Planning of Bobbin Boilers in Textile Industry

Abstract

As in all sectors, the fierce competition in the world affects the textile sector deeply. It is an inevitable necessity for companies to reduce their costs in order to survive while maintaining their profitability. In this study, an applied efficiency study was conducted for the bobbin dyeing process, which is one of the important elements of the textile industry. In the application made in Bursah Tekstil Ltd. Sti., the problem of sequencing the lots waiting to be dyed in the bobbin dye boilers has been discussed. Integer linear model and iterative greedy-based heuristic are proposed to solve the problem. Sequencing made with the developed method resulted in an improvement of 17% in terms of the number of boiler washes and 13% in terms of total tardiness compared to the manual sequencing.