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The Open University ’ s repository of research publications and other research outputs Planning complex engineer-to-order products Book Chapter
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Earl, Christopher |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | The design and manufacture of complex Engineer-to-Order products is characterised by uncertain operation durations, finite capacity resources and multilevel product structures. Two scheduling methods are presented to minimise expected costs for multiple products across multiple finite capacity resources. The first sub-optimises the operations sequence, using mean operation durations, then refines the schedule by perturbation. The second method generates a schedule of start times directly by random search with an embedded simulation of candidate schedules for evaluation. The methods are compared for industrial examples. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://oro.open.ac.uk/7416/1/raidmme2.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |