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Sequencing and scheduling in flowshops with task redistribution

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  • R L Burdett

    (Queensland University of Technology)

  • E Kozan

    (Queensland University of Technology)

Abstract

In some manufacturing situations, station tasks or operations can be shifted or redistributed to adjacent stations. This can be done when these stations have the appropriate equipment, and the workers on that station can perform the shifted work to a reasonable level of competency. This paper addresses such an environment and provides a general framework for applying the shifting or redistribution of tasks methodology to the intermediate storage, no-intermediate storage and no-wait flowshop problems. The outcome of this research is a way in which to utilise more efficiently the general-purpose facilities of this type of production environment. It includes mathematical models, recurrence equations and solution techniques for sequencing and scheduling. From an extensive numerical investigation, the benefits achieved by the application of this methodology are detailed.

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  • R L Burdett & E Kozan, 2001. "Sequencing and scheduling in flowshops with task redistribution," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 52(12), pages 1379-1389, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:52:y:2001:i:12:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2601245
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601245
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    1. Matthias Bultmann & Sigrid Knust & Stefan Waldherr, 2018. "Flow shop scheduling with flexible processing times," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 40(3), pages 809-829, July.
    2. Ruiz-Torres, Alex J. & Ho, Johnny C. & Ablanedo-Rosas, José H., 2011. "Makespan and workstation utilization minimization in a flowshop with operations flexibility," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 273-282, June.
    3. S. Knust & N. V. Shakhlevich & S. Waldherr & C. Weiß, 2019. "Shop scheduling problems with pliable jobs," Journal of Scheduling, Springer, vol. 22(6), pages 635-661, December.
    4. Burdett, Robert L. & Kozan, Erhan, 2018. "An integrated approach for scheduling health care activities in a hospital," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 264(2), pages 756-773.
    5. Gultekin, Hakan, 2012. "Scheduling in flowshops with flexible operations: Throughput optimization and benefits of flexibility," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 140(2), pages 900-911.

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