Online Optimisation and Production Planning (OLP) is a three-year research project funded by the Academy of Finland under grant 128823. The project is structured as a consortium with two subprojects, one directed by Professor Esko Niemi at the Department of Engineering Design and Production, and the other directed by Professor Pekka Orponen at the Department of Information and Computer Science, both in Aalto University. The project funding covers the research work of two postgraduate researchers, M.Sc. (Tech) Henri Tokola at EDP, and M.Sc. (Tech) Lauri Ahlroth at ICS for roughly the years 2009-2011.