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Facility Layout to Support Just-in-Time

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  • Mahdi Kamoun

    (Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1777)

  • Candace Arai Yano

    (Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1777)

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a heuristic algorithm based on Benders' Decomposition to solve a version of the facility layout problem with decentralized shipping/receiving (s/r). Multiple s/r areas are allowed along the perimeter of the facility and each department can be serviced by the closest s/r area. Our work on this problem was motivated by just-in-time systems which require that frequent trips be made with small move quantities. In such circumstances, the use of decentralized s/r areas can significantly decrease material handling costs. We study a version of the problem in which the dimensions and locations of rectangular departments must be determined (subject to constraints), and each department must be simultaneously assigned to the nearest s/r area. The objective is to minimize the total cost of moving materials between pairs of departments, and between the departments and their respective s/r areas. Computational results for problems with up to 30 departments are reported.

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  • Mahdi Kamoun & Candace Arai Yano, 1996. "Facility Layout to Support Just-in-Time," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 30(4), pages 315-329, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:30:y:1996:i:4:p:315-329
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.30.4.315
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