Production Planning and Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Systems

Flexibleassemblysystems(FASs)haveemergedasaresultofthedevelop mentsinmanufacturingandcomputertechnology. Currentmarketrequire mentscharacterizedby -increasingnumberofdifferenttypesandversionsofproducts, -smallerbatchsizes, and -shorterlife-timeofproducts, stronglydeterminethecompetitivenessinproductionassemblyandaddi tionallycontributetothedevelopmentofflexibleautomatedassembly. For example, attheendof1986[33]40%ofJapaneserobotswerespecialized inassemblyascomparedwithonly10%ofEuropeanrobots. Theremain ing90 ... Read More

Flexibleassemblysystems(FASs)haveemergedasaresultofthedevelop mentsinmanufacturingandcomputertechnology. Currentmarketrequire mentscharacterizedby -increasingnumberofdifferenttypesandversionsofproducts, -smallerbatchsizes, and -shorterlife-timeofproducts, stronglydeterminethecompetitivenessinproductionassemblyandaddi tionallycontributetothedevelopmentofflexibleautomatedassembly. For example, attheendof1986[33]40%ofJapaneserobotswerespecialized inassemblyascomparedwithonly10%ofEuropeanrobots. Theremain ing90%wereusedinwelding, painting, andhandling. Theintroductionof flexibleautomatedassemblytohigh-techsectorswhereassemblycostsare criticalistheaimofmajorEuropeanprojectssuchasESPRITandBRITE programmesandtheFAMOS-EUREKAproject, e. g., [33,34]. Thebookdealswithproductionplanningandschedulinginflexibleassem blysystems. ThereaderisfamiliarizedwiththeFASplanningandschedul ingissuesforwhichvariousoperationsresearchmodellingandsolutionap proachesarediscussed. Inparticular, applicationsofintegerprogrammingto theFASshort-termplanningandfastcombinatorialheuristicstotheFAS schedulingarediscussed. Thematerialinthebookhasbeendividedintosevenchapters. Chapter1presentstheoverallstructureandhardwarecomponentsand featuresofaflexibleassemblysystem. TheFASsclassificationisprovided andillustratedwithindustrialapplicationsofmechanicalpartassemblyand printedcircuitboard(PCB)assembly. Chapter2discussesmajorissuesinthedesign, planningandschedulingof flexibleassembly. BasicconfigurationsofFASsandmaterialflownetworksare presentedandvariousapproachestodesignforautomatedassemblyandto assemblyplanningarediscussed. TheFASproductionplanningandschedul ingareconsideredwithinahierarchicalframeworkwithmachineloadingand assemblyroutingatanupperlevelandmachineandvehicleschedulingata lowerlevel. Finally, specificissuesinplanningandschedulingofPCBassem blyarediscussed. VIII Preface InChapter3variousbi-objectiveintegerprogrammingmodelsandso lutionapproachesarepresentedformachineloadingandassembly-routing inFASs. Aninteractiveprocedureisproposedforsimultaneousloadingand routingbasedonweightingapproachandalexicographicalgorithmisgiven forsequentialloadingandroutingwithalinearrelaxationloadingheuristic andanetworkflowroutingmodel. Numericalexamplesillustratepossible applicationsofthemodellingandsolutionapproachespresented. InChapter4thesequentialmodellingandsolutionapproachproposedin Chapter3hasbeenextendedforabicriterionmachineloadingandassembly routingwithsimultaneousassemblyplanselectioninageneralFASandina flexibleassemblyline. Numericalexamplesareprovidedtoillustratepossible applicationsoftheapproachproposed. Chapter5presentsmathematicalprogrammingformulationsforsimul taneousloadingandschedulinginflexibleassemblycells. Theformulations areillustratedwithpracticalapplicationsinmechanicalpartassemblywith arobotassemblycellandinPCBassemblyonacomponentplacementma chine. Chapter6isdevotedtoproductionschedulinginflexibleassemblylines whereseveralassemblystagesinseriesareeitherseparatedbyfiniteinter mediatebuffersortherearenobuffersbetweenthestages, andeachstage consistsofoneormoreidenticalparallelmachines. Fastpush-typeschedul ingheuristicsareproposedforthelinewithlimitedintermediatebuffersor thelinewithnoin-processbuffers. Foracomparison, apull-typeschedul ingstrategyisillustratedwithsomerecentresultsfortheJust-In-Timeand multilevelschedulingofflexibleassemblylines. Numericalexamplesprovide thereaderwithpossibleapplicationsofthevariousmodellingandsolution approachespresented. InChapter7simultaneousschedulingofassemblystationsandautomated guidedvehiclesisdiscussedforageneralFASandtwodifferentsolutionap proachesarepresented: (i)amulti-levelapproach, inwhichfirstmachine loadingandassemblyroutingproblemissolvedandthen, giventaskassign mentsandassemblyroutesselected, detailedmachineandvehicleschedules aredetermined;(ii)asingle-levelapproach, inwhichmachineandvehicle schedulesaredirectlydeterminedwithnoinitialloadingandroutingdeci sionsrequired. Foreachapproachaschedulingalgorit Read Less

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