| Article ID: | iaor19962124 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 209 |
| End Page Number: | 222 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1995 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management |
| Authors: | Arzi Yohanan |
| Keywords: | programming: linear |
A linear programming based on-line scheduling procedure for Flexible Manufacturing Cells (FMCs) is presented. The suggested procedure is implemented in two different configurartions of FMCs: one with a common WIP storage facility only, and a second with both a common storage facility and local machines buffers. Simulation results show that the suggested approach achieves good results in terms of maximizing the cell throughput, and copes well with machine breakdowns.