The case describes a situation in which the Vice President of Operations of Konkan tobacco leaves, tobacco processing unit XYZ Limited. This unit is responsible for the procurement and processing of various types and grades of tobacco grown in southern India. Tobacco leaves are divided into different grades based on the quality and location of harvest. The company has two processing plants with different processing capacities. Due to the seasonal nature of agricultural and commodity companies have difficulties to maintain the effectiveness of tobacco between inflows and power demand production line, which leads to frequent start-stop situation for the production lines. This event allows students to develop strategies for process control to achieve the optimal schedule of the process that will lead to the least number of stops and the optimization of production lines and the use of production lines and the flow patterns of processing capacity. "Hide
by Srinivasan Maheswaran Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 4 pages. Publication Date: September 22, 2009. Prod. #: 909D07-PDF-ENG
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