Open AccessOperations Scheduling of Sugarcane Production Using Classical GERT Method (Part I: Land Preparation, Planting and Preserve Operations)
Author(s) -
Nasim Monjezi,
Mohammad Javad Sheikhdavoodi,
Hassan Zaki Dizaji,
Afshin Marzban,
Mahmood Shomeili
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of agricultural studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2166-0379
DOI - 10.5296/jas.v3i2.7420
Subject(s) - scheduling (production processes) , critical path method , computer science , operations research , agriculture , production (economics) , agricultural engineering , software , operations management , engineering , systems engineering , economics , biology , programming language , ecology , macroeconomics
Analysis and evaluation of agricultural systems use these criteria: energy, economic, agronomy, environmental conservation and time. Because of time importance indicator for reducing timeliness cost, project scheduling techniques are used. Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique (GERT) is widely used as a tool for managing projects. In this research GERT Networks were used and operations scheduling of sugarcane production (land preparation, planting and preserve operations) in Khuzestan province of Iran as a case study was analysed, by using WinQsb software. Critical activities, events and path were determined. The earliest project completion time is 214.03 days. The results show a high potential for operations scheduling of sugarcane production.