Interaction between dispatching and next station selection rules in a dedicated flexible manufacturing system

Interaction between dispatching and next station selection rules in a dedicated flexible manufacturing system

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Article ID: iaor199383
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 30
Issue: 8
Start Page Number: 1753
End Page Number: 1772
Publication Date: Aug 1992
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: scheduling
Abstract:

The interaction between nine dispatching and four next station selection rules in a relatively large dedicated FMS is investigated. The FMS contains 16 workstations with local buffers, nine load/unload stations, and produces six different part types. A simulation model is used, and analysed as a steady-state model. Flowtime is taken as the main criterion. It is found that WINQ (select the station whose input buffer contains the smallest amount of work) dominates, performing significantly better than the other next station selection rules considered across all dispatching rules, with few significant differences between dispatching rules when combined with WINQ. SIO/TOT (select the job with the smallest ratio obtained by dividing the processing time of the imminent operation by the total processing time for the part) performs marginally better than the other dispatching rules, particularly SIO (select the job with the shortest imminent processing time). Reasons for when a next station selection rule is more important than a dispatching rule, and vice versa, are discussed.

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