| Article ID: | iaor19911553 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 29 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Start Page Number: | 1379 |
| End Page Number: | 1390 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1991 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
| Authors: | Maimon Oded, Shtub Avraham |
| Keywords: | programming: mathematical, heuristics |
The authors present exact mathematical programming formulation and a fast heuristic method for grouping a set of Printed Circuit Boards (PCB). The assembly machines are configured for each group, thus saving set-up time, which is very long relative to process time. The authors extend previous work by allowing groups which contains common components of partial boards. An industrial case illustrates the proposed heuristic grouping method.