—This paper proposes a general scheduling model that extends job-shop scheduling models to incorporate important features of real manufacturing systems. More precisely, each oper...
Testing complex manufacturing systems, such as an ASML [1] lithographic machine, takes up to 45% of the total development time of a system. The problem of which tests must be execu...
R. Boumen, I. S. M. de Jong, J. W. H. Vermunt, J. ...
Group Technology (GT) is a useful way of increasing the productivity for manufacturing high quality products and improving the flexibility of manufacturing systems. Cell formation...
Strong competition on the global automotive market is forcing car manufacturers rethink their strategic approach to manufacturing. In order to be competitive, companies need to man...
This paper is a response to requests from several respected colleagues in academia for a careful writeup of the classical time-optimal control based hybrid controllers that we have...
Haitham A. Hindi, Lara S. Crawford, Rong Zhou, Cra...
This paper presents an investigation of three simulation packages: VS7, SIMAN/CINEMA IV, and SIMFACTORY II.5. These packages were investigated with regard to their capabilities of...
Lean manufacturing aims at flexible and efficient manufacturing systems by reducing waste in all forms, such as, production of defective parts, excess inventory, unnecessary proce...
Durk-Jouke van der Zee, Arnout Pool, Jakob Wijngaa...
: Manufacturing systems are changing its structure and organisation. Supply chain are evolving to more coupled organisations, like virtual enterprises, though maintaining the singl...
Abstract. There exists ample literature on Petri nets and its potential in the modelling, analysis, synthesis and implementation of systems in the manufacturing applications domain...
Laura Recalde, Manuel Silva, Joaquin Ezpeleta, Enr...
— Quickly adapting the manufacturing system to the production of new or modified products is critical for manufacturers in order to stay competitive. For flexible manufacturing...
Oscar Ljungkrantz, Knut Akesson, Johan Richardsson...