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Flow shop operator scheduling through constraint satisfaction and constraint optimisation techniques

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  • Gilles Neubert
  • Matteo M. Savino

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Workers scheduling in not highly automated production lines is an important task, especially when in a production line the number of operators is less than the number of workstations. Finding an optimal distribution plan can increase the line throughput, managing the workforce and the workload in a better way. This work focuses on the operator-scheduling problem for an electromechanical assembly line. Workforce distribution on the workstations has been made with a centralised scheduling based on a mathematical model which, through constraint optimisation principles, is able to find the optimal distribution of workforce optimising fundamental parameters, such as man-hours, throughput, makespan and work in process.

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  • Gilles Neubert & Matteo M. Savino, 2009. "Flow shop operator scheduling through constraint satisfaction and constraint optimisation techniques," International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(5/6), pages 549-568.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpqma:v:4:y:2009:i:5/6:p:549-568
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