Minimization of acquisition and operational costs in horizontal material handling system design

Minimization of acquisition and operational costs in horizontal material handling system design

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Article ID: iaor20021240
Country: United States
Volume: 31
Issue: 7
Start Page Number: 679
End Page Number: 693
Publication Date: Jun 1999
Journal: IIE Transactions
Authors: , , ,
Keywords: manufacturing industries, programming: integer
Abstract:

This paper considers the problem of minimizing the fixed cost of acquiring material handling transporters and the operational cost of material transfer in a manufacturing system. This decision problem, which arises during manufacturing facility design, is modeled using an integer programming formulation. Since the problem is NP-complete, two efficient heuristics are developed to solve it. Computational complexity, worst-case performance analysis, and extensive computational tests are provided for both heuristics. The results indicate that the proposed methods are well suited for large-scale manufacturing applications.

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