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An integrated materials handling model for machine location in existing facilities
An integrated materials handling model for machine location in existing facilities
1996,
A machine location criterion is proposed for situations where machines must be located...
A mixed-integer programming approach for the international facilities location problem
A mixed-integer programming approach for the international facilities location problem
1996,
For many years, facilities location problems have attracted a great deal of attention...
Optimization and neural network in new product development
Optimization and neural network in new product development
1995,
New product introduction is vital to a firm’s growth and prosperity. A company...
Grouping PCBs for set-up reduction: A maximum spanning tree approach
Grouping PCBs for set-up reduction: A maximum spanning tree approach
1996,
Grouping of PCBs is a known means for reducing the total set-up time in the automatic...
The minimum-cost, machine-part cell formation problem
The minimum-cost, machine-part cell formation problem
1996,
This paper argues that it is essential to consider explicitly the main elements of...
Determination of optimum unit load size of the AGV in an electronics assembly production system
Determination of optimum unit load size of the AGV in an electronics assembly production system
1996,
This paper deals with the problem of determining an optimum unit load size of...
The road to lean repetitive batch manufacturing: Modelling planning system performance
The road to lean repetitive batch manufacturing: Modelling planning system performance
1996,
The author places research undertaken into a periodic order cycle inventory management...
Set-up reduction in pharmaceutical manufacturing: An action research study
Set-up reduction in pharmaceutical manufacturing: An action research study
1996,
The Japanese approach to manufacturing has been well documented. Many European firms...
An iterative procedure for solving the uncapacitated production-distribution problem under concave cost function
An iterative procedure for solving the uncapacitated production-distribution problem under concave cost function
1996,
Under production economies of scale, the trade-off between production and...
The effects of varying set-up costs
The effects of varying set-up costs
1996,
The concept of zero inventory (ZI) is a powerful tool to improve production economics....
Optimal flow control for continuous-time scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems
Optimal flow control for continuous-time scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems
1995,
This paper introduces a new approach to continuous-time optimal scheduling problems...
A Petri net approach to investigating push and pull paradigms in flexible factory automated systems
A Petri net approach to investigating push and pull paradigms in flexible factory automated systems
1996,
This paper shows Petri nets (PNs) as a powerful tool to investigate the problem often...
The classification of FMS scheduling problems
The classification of FMS scheduling problems
1996,
This paper proposes a classification scheme for scheduling problems in flexible...
Technical note: Tabu search heuristic for a loading problem in flexible manufacturing systems
Technical note: Tabu search heuristic for a loading problem in flexible manufacturing systems
1996,
This note presents an improvement algorithm for a flexible manufacturing system...
A branch-and-bound approach for machine selection in just-in-time manufacturing systems
A branch-and-bound approach for machine selection in just-in-time manufacturing systems
1996,
Equipment selection issues are very important in the early stages of implementation of...
A heuristic for a resource-capacitated multi-stage lot-sizing problem with lead times
A heuristic for a resource-capacitated multi-stage lot-sizing problem with lead times
1995,
This paper proposes a heuristic for the resource-capacitated multi-stage lot-sizing...
A dynamic sampling technique for the simulation of probabilistic and generalized activity network
A dynamic sampling technique for the simulation of probabilistic and generalized activity network
1995,
Most probabilistic activity networks (e.g. PERT) of any reasonable size are...
Developing a quality costing system: Key features and outcomes
Developing a quality costing system: Key features and outcomes
1995,
This paper discusses the development and operation of a system of quality costing in a...
Performability analysis of fork-join queueing systems
Performability analysis of fork-join queueing systems
1995,
Fork-join queueing systems offer a natural modelling paradigm for parallel processing...
Efficient solution of the single-item, capacitated lot-sizing problem with start-up and reservation costs
Efficient solution of the single-item, capacitated lot-sizing problem with start-up and reservation costs
1995,
A capacitated dynamic lot-sizing model, where the costs incurred are a start-up cost...
An optimal control model for continuous time production and setup scheduling
An optimal control model for continuous time production and setup scheduling
1996,
This paper concerns a new approach to continuous time optimal scheduling problems for...
The effect of combining simple priority heuristics in flow-dominant shops
The effect of combining simple priority heuristics in flow-dominant shops
1996,
Previous scheduling research indicates that no single priority heuristic is effective...
The stochastic flowshop makespan: Some further results
The stochastic flowshop makespan: Some further results
1996,
In Middleton various results were given for (finite) buffered and unbuffered...
An evaluation of group scheduling heuristics in a flow-line manufacturing cell
An evaluation of group scheduling heuristics in a flow-line manufacturing cell
1996,
When a company adopts cellular manufacturing and creates a cell, one operational...
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