Research opportunities on manufacturing flexibility domain: A review and theory-based research agenda

M Pérez-Pérez, AMS Bedia… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2018 - Elsevier
This work proposes a systematic literature review on manufacturing flexibility that provides a
broad map of the main investigated research issues in manufacturing flexibility and future …

Dynamic line balancing in unpaced mixed-model assembly lines: A problem classification

MJ Schlueter, FF Ostermeier - CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mixed-model assembly lines are almost never perfectly balanced in industrial practice, nor
can sequencing fully compensate imbalances. A promising approach to achieve both equal …

Modeling and analysis of FMS flexibility factors by TISM and fuzzy MICMAC

V Jain, T Raj - International Journal of System Assurance Engineering …, 2015 - Springer
To increase the manufacturing flexibility, manufacturing organizations are looking at flexible
manufacturing system (FMS) as a viable alternative to enhance their competitive edge …

Ranking of flexibility in flexible manufacturing system by using a combined multiple attribute decision making method

V Jain, T Raj - Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 2013 - Springer
The flexibility in manufacturing system is required so it is called flexible manufacturing
system (FMS), but in FMS, there is different flexibility, which is incorporated. So, in …

Evaluating the variables affecting flexibility in FMS by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis

V Jain, T Raj - Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, 2013 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors from the variables of the flexible
manufacturing system (FMS) which affect flexibility in FMS. The study was performed by …

Evaluating the intensity of variables affecting flexibility in FMS by graph theory and matrix approach

V Jain, T Raj - … journal of industrial and systems engineering, 2015 - inderscienceonline.com
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the intensity of variables of the flexible
manufacturing system (FMS) which affect flexibility in FMS. The study was performed by …

Assembly line balancing with fractional task allocations

TC Lopes, N Brauner, L Magatão - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Assembly line balancing usually presupposes binary task-station assignments. Some
authors have previously described efficiency increases due to fractional task allocations or …

Two-machine flow shop scheduling problem with blocking, multi-task flexibility of the first machine, and preemption

D Khorasanian, G Moslehi - Computers & Operations Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Blocking flow shop scheduling problem has been extensively studied in recent years;
however, some applications mentioned for this problem have some additional …

Shop scheduling problems with pliable jobs

S Knust, NV Shakhlevich, S Waldherr, C Weiß - Journal of Scheduling, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, we study a new type of flow shop and open shop models, which handle so-
called “pliable” jobs: their total processing times are given, but individual processing times of …

Batch energy scheduling problem with no-wait/blocking constraints for the general flow-shop problem

I Ferretti, LE Zavanella - Procedia Manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
In the last years, energy costs have gained great attention, because of their constant rise
and environmental implications. More researchers have directed their attention towards …