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Planning of flexible manufacturing systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Andrew Kusiak
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3T 2N2 (Canada)

Summary

In this paper a new approach to planning of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs) is discussed. This approach takes advantage of FMS features and is based on linking of machining and assembling operations. There are two problems embedded in the presented approach: station loading and operation scheduling. A formulation of a station loading problem for a single machining period is presented. Some of the computational results are also discussed.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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