In the context of Industry 4.0, the manufacturing sector is moving from automation towards
intelligence. The application of new generation information and communication …

Trends like mass-customisation and the increasing number of models produced and parts
used on a single assembly line promote interest in the field of assembly line feeding. The …

Line feeding policy decision models decide upon whether a warehouse part is supplied by
line stocking, kitting or sequencing. Although the production schedule determines the point …

In the era of mass customisation, feeding parts to mixed-model assembly lines has proven to
be a complex task since customers increasingly demand personalised end products …

Purpose In a kitting supply system, the occurrence of material-handling errors is
unavoidable and will cause serious production losses to an assembly line. To minimize …

Nowadays, the number of parts used in assembly systems is constantly increasing due to
more product models being produced in different variants. Therefore, providing all parts to …

Parts kitting is a frequently adopted method to feed parts from a warehouse to an assembly
line. While kitting allows minimisation of space occupation and Work In Process holding cost …

The individual research domains of assembly line balancing and feeding have received
considerable attention in recent years, furthered by a continuing trend towards mass …

Assembly lines are used in many different industries to produce all kinds of goods at a low
price. An assembly line's main characteristics are the workpieces' flows through a series of …

Kurzfassung Die Planung von Systemen der Produktionsversorgung ist eine komplexe und
in einer zunehmend volatilen Welt anspruchsvolle Aufgabe. Dieser Beitrag enthält eine …