Production Planning in Automated Manufacturing
By: by Yves Crama, Alwin G. Oerlemans, Frits C.R. Spieksma
Contributors: Oerlemans, Alwin G.; Spieksma, Frits C. R.
Edition: Second, rev. and enlarged edition.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9783642802720; 9783642802706
Subjects: Economics; Structural control (Engineering)
Description: In this book quantitative approaches are proposed for production planning problems in automated manufacturing. In particular, techniques from operations research provide ways to tackle these problems. Special attention is given to the efficient use of tools in automated manufacturing systems. The book presents models and tests solution strategies for different kinds of production decision problems. A case study in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards highlights the methodology. The book will help to understand the nature of production planning problems in automated manufacturing and show how techniques from operations research may contribute to their solution.
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Table of contents: title: Automated manufacturing; title: Throughput rate optimization in the automated assembly of printed circuit boards; title: Approximation algorithms for three-dimensional assignment problems with triangle inequalities; title: Scheduling jobs of equal length: complexity, facets and computational results; title: The tool loading problem: an overview; title: A column generation approach to job grouping; title: The job grouping problem for flexible manufacturing systems: some extensions; title: A local search approach to job grouping; title: Minimizing the number of tool switches on a flexible machine.