Ebook: Production Planning in Automated Manufacturing

In this book quantitative approaches are proposed for production planning problems in automated manufacturing. In particular techniques from operations research/combinatorial optimization provide ways to tackle these problems. Special attention is devoted to the efficient use of tools in production planning for automated manufacturing systems.
The book presents models and tests solution strategies for different kinds of production decisions. A case study in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards highlights the methodology. This book will help understand the nature of production planning problems emerging in automated manufacturing and show how techniques from operations research may contribute to their solution.

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In this book quantitative approaches are proposed for production planning problems in automated manufacturing. In particular techniques from operations research/combinatorial optimization provide ways to tackle these problems. Special attention is devoted to the efficient use of tools in production planning for automated manufacturing systems.
The book presents models and tests solution strategies for different kinds of production decisions. A case study in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards highlights the methodology. This book will help understand the nature of production planning problems emerging in automated manufacturing and show how techniques from operations research may contribute to their solution.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Automated manufacturing....Pages 1-16
Throughput rate optimization in the automated assembly of printed circuit boards....Pages 17-46
Approximation algorithms for three-dimensional assignment problems with triangle inequalities....Pages 47-62
Scheduling jobs of equal length: complexity and facets....Pages 63-82
A column generation approach to job grouping....Pages 83-114
The job grouping problem for flexible manufacturing systems: some extensions....Pages 115-143
A local search approach to job grouping....Pages 145-163
Minimizing the number of tool switches on a flexible machine....Pages 165-195
Back Matter....Pages 196-214

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In this book quantitative approaches are proposed for production planning problems in automated manufacturing. In particular techniques from operations research/combinatorial optimization provide ways to tackle these problems. Special attention is devoted to the efficient use of tools in production planning for automated manufacturing systems.
The book presents models and tests solution strategies for different kinds of production decisions. A case study in the manufacturing of printed circuit boards highlights the methodology. This book will help understand the nature of production planning problems emerging in automated manufacturing and show how techniques from operations research may contribute to their solution.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Automated manufacturing....Pages 1-16
Throughput rate optimization in the automated assembly of printed circuit boards....Pages 17-46
Approximation algorithms for three-dimensional assignment problems with triangle inequalities....Pages 47-62
Scheduling jobs of equal length: complexity and facets....Pages 63-82
A column generation approach to job grouping....Pages 83-114
The job grouping problem for flexible manufacturing systems: some extensions....Pages 115-143
A local search approach to job grouping....Pages 145-163
Minimizing the number of tool switches on a flexible machine....Pages 165-195
Back Matter....Pages 196-214
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