Production scheduling in a flexible manufacturing system under random demand

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Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) is considered a significant development in automated manufacturing of parts in reducing the processing lead-time and boosting productivity and competitiveness. The problem of production scheduling in FMS with stochastic demand is examined by presenting a polling model for the purpose of minimizing the total average cost, and an optimization model that determines the optimal mixing proportions of the part-family.

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Resolution of a scheduling problem in a flowshop robotic cell

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A study identifying a scheduling problem in a flexible manufacturing system i.e., a flowshop robotic cell processing many tasks, is presented. For the purpose, it is assumed that there are no intermediate buffer stocks thereby causing job blocks when machines are busy. A solution to the problem is also suggested.

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Replacement times and costs in a degrading system with several types of failure: the case of phase-type holding times

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A system to reduce the repair costs of a degrading system in phase-type distribution using a Markov model is proposed.

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