-One of the most important concepts in production planning is that of the establishment of an overall or aggregate production plan. In this paper, the problem of establishing an aggregate production plan for a manufacturing plant is considered. A new dynamic discrete-time model of capacity planning utilizing concepts arising in positive linear systems (PLS) theory is proposed and its controllab...

Aggregate production planning (APP) is considered as mid-term decision planning. The purpose of multiperiod APP is to set up overall production levels for each product category to meet fluctuating or uncertain demand in the near future and to set up decisions and policies on the subject of hiring, lay-offs, overtime, backorder, subcontracting, facilities and inventory. In this study, we develop...