A stochastic model of a reconfigurable manufacturing system. Part 1: A framework

A stochastic model of a reconfigurable manufacturing system. Part 1: A framework

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Article ID: iaor20011235
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 38
Issue: 10
Start Page Number: 2273
End Page Number: 2285
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: , ,
Abstract:

Products required by customers are classified into several product families, each of which is a set of similar products. A reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS) manages to satisfy customers, with each family corresponding to one configuration of the RMS. Then the products belonging to the same family will be produced by the RMS under the corresponding configuration. The manufacturing system possesses the reconfigurable function for different families. In an RMS there are three important issues: the optimal configurations in the design, the optimal selection policy in the utilization, and the performance measure in the improvement. This paper proposes a framework for a stochastic model of an RMS, which involves the above issues. Two optimization problems and the performance measure stemmed from the issues are formulated. An example is given for illustration. Some discussions are presented for future research work.

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