[en] We consider a robotic flow shop model in which a single robot is responsible for the transportation of parts between machines. For reasons of simplicity, when the shop is to produce a large number of identical parts, the robot usually performs repeatedly a fixed sequence of activities. This sequence of activities is called a 1-unit cycle if each execution of the sequence results in the production of exactly one part. It has been conjectured that 1-unit cycles yield optimal production rates for 3-machine robotic flow shops. We establish the validity of this conjecture.
Disciplines :
Quantitative methods in economics & management Production, distribution & supply chain management
Author, co-author :
Crama, Yves ; Université de Liège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Recherche opérationnelle et gestion de la production
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