An iterative approach to system setup problems in flexible manufacturing systems

An iterative approach to system setup problems in flexible manufacturing systems

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Article ID: iaor1994535
Country: United States
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 183
End Page Number: 209
Publication Date: Jan 1992
Journal: International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Authors: ,
Abstract:

System setup problems in flexible manufacturing systems deal with short-term planning problems such as part type selection, machine grouping, operation assignment, tooling, fixture and pallet allocation, and routing. In this article, the authors consider three of the subproblems: part type selection, machine grouping, and loading. They suggest a heuristic approach to solve the subproblems consistently with the objective of maximizing the expected production rate. The proposed procedure includes routines to generate all possible machine grouping alternatives for a given set of machines, to obtain optimal target workloads for each grouping alternative, and to allocate operations and tools to machine groups. These routines are executed iteratively until a good solution to the system setup problem is obtained. Computational experience is reported.

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