Keyword: manufacturing industries

Found 1205 papers in total
Cultural algorithms, an alternative heuristic to solve the job shop scheduling problem
2007,
In this work, an approach for solving the job shop scheduling problem using a cultural...
Integrated production and distribution planning for Södra Cell AB
2007,
In this paper we consider integrated planning of transportation of raw material,...
Cost-effective production policy for a stochastic unreliable manufacturing system
2006,
The paper deals with an economic manufacturing quantity (EMQ) problem for an...
Optimum burn-in time of sporting and recreational equipment
2006,
In this research we present two approaches for determining the optimal burn-in time of...
Algorithms for the car sequencing and the level scheduling problem
2006,
This paper deals with two most important problems arising in sequencing mixed-model...
Some properties of buyback and other related schemes in a newsvendor-product supply chain with price-sensitive demand
2007,
A manufacturer wholesaling to a retailer a ‘newsvendor-type’ product such...
A local search approach to a circle cutting problem arising in the motor cycle industry
2007,
This paper is concerned with the development of a customized circle packing algorithm...
Scheduling in reentrant robotic cells: algorithms and complexity
2005,
We study the scheduling of m -machine reentrant robotic cells, in which parts need to...
Sequencing and scheduling in robotic cells: recent developments
2005,
A great deal of work has been done to analyze the problem of robot move sequencing and...
Supporting non-English web searching: an experiment on the Spanish business and the Arabic medical intelligence portals
2006,
Although non-English-speaking online populations are growing rapidly, support for...
On interactive multiobjective optimization with NIMBUS® in chemical process design
2005,
We study multiobjective optimization problems arising from chemical process...
Dynamic performance of a hybrid inventory system with a Kanban policy in remanufacturing process
2006,
In this paper we study a hybrid system with both manufacturing and remanufacturing....
Effects of maintenance policies on the productivity of flexible manufacturing cells
2006,
Flexible manufacturing cells (FMCs) often operate with increasing failure rate due to...
Firms' collaboration on building a business infrastructure as public goods – dynamics of common versus firm-specific benefits
2005,
In this paper, we investigate under what circumstances firms effectively participate...
How useful is commonality? Inventory and production decisions to maximize survival probability in start-ups
2003,
This paper deals with component commonality in start-up manufacturing firms. We...
Determining the optimal constrained multi-item (Q, r) inventory policy by maximising risk-adjusted profit
2005,
The predominant approach to determining replenishment batch sizes for capital...
Resource portfolio planning of make-to-stock products using a constraint programming-based genetic algorithm
2007,
The investment on facilities for manufacturing high-tech products requires a large...
Disassembly to order system under uncertainty
2006,
This paper presents a multi-criteria optimization model of a disassembly-to-order...
Motor vehicle recalls: Trends, patterns and emerging issues
2007,
This paper examines patterns and trends in motor vehicle safety recalls using a...
Rescheduling manufacturing systems: a framework of strategies, policies, and methods
2003,
Many manufacturing facilities generate and update production schedules, which are...
Part batching and scheduling in a flexible cell to minimize setup costs
2003,
In this paper we consider the problem of batching parts and scheduling their...
Robotic cells with parallel machines: throughput maximization in constant travel-time cells
2004,
We present a general analysis of the problem of sequencing operations in bufferless...
Multi-objective scheduling of two-job families on a single machine
2005,
This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the typical scheduling environment in...
Development and analysis of a customer-demand-driven semiconductor supply chain model using the High Level Architecture
2006,
Effective supply chain management enables organisations to be more competitive in the...
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