Scheduling of a manufacturing cell with simulation

Authors:
Trevor Miles;Cynthia Erickson;Amar Batra
Affiliations:
Systems Modeling Corp., 248 Calder Way, State College, PA;Systems Modeling Corp., 248 Calder Way, State College, PA;Cooper Industries, First City Tower, Suite 4000, PO Box 4446, Houston, TX
Venue:
WSC '86 Proceedings of the 18th conference on Winter simulation
Year:
1986

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Flowshop scheduling with limited temporary storage

Journal of the ACM (JACM)
Automation, Production Systems and Computer-Aided Manufacturing

Automation, Production Systems and Computer-Aided Manufacturing

Simulation, animation, and shop-floor control

WSC '87 Proceedings of the 19th conference on Winter simulation

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Abstract

Overcoming the difficult problem of effectively scheduling batch production in individual machine cells may be paramount to the success of a group technology/machine cell application. Simulation of the cell can incorporate the constraints and characteristics of the system, without making restrictive assumptions, in order to evaluate system performance for any particular sequence of parts. The resulting output for decision criterion variables for several different sequences may be evaluated to yield an advantageous part sequence. This paper describes the development and successful use of a generalized simulation model for the shop floor scheduling of many similar cells.