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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
Volume 192, Issue 2, Pages 349-373Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.09.013
Keywords
Mixed-model assembly lines; Sequencing; Mixed-model sequencing; Car sequencing; Level scheduling
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Manufacturers in a wide range of industries nowadays face the challenge of providing a rich product variety at a very low cost. This typically requires the implementation of cost efficient, flexible production systems. Often, so called mixed-model assembly lilies are employed, where setup operations are reduced to such an extent that various models of a common base product can be manufactured in intermixed sequences. However, the observed diversity of mixed-model lilies makes a thorough sequence planning essential for exploiting the benefits of assembly line production. This paper reviews and discusses the three major planning approaches presented in the literature, mixed-model sequencing, car sequencing and level scheduling, and provides a hierarchical classification scheme to systematically record the academic efforts in each field and to deduce future research issues. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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