Resequencing of mixed-model assembly lines: Survey and research agenda

Nils Boysen (), Armin Scholl () and Nico Wopperer
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Nils Boysen: School of Economics and Business Administration, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

No 03/2011, Jena Research Papers in Business and Economics - Working and Discussion Papers (Expired!) from Friedrich Schiller University Jena, School of Economics and Business Administration

Abstract: Nowadays, mixed-model assembly lines are applied in a wide range of industries to mass-produce customized products to order, e.g., in automobile industry. An important decision problem in this context receiving a lot of attention from researchers and practitioners is the sequencing problem, which decides on the succession of workpieces launched down the line. However, if multiple departments with diverging sequencing objectives are to be passed or unforeseen disturbances like machine breakdowns or material shortages occur, a resequencing of a given production sequence often becomes equally essential. This paper reviews existing research on resequencing in a mixed-model assembly line context. Important problem settings, alternative buffer configurations, and resulting decision problems are described. Finally, future research needs are identified as some relevant real-world resequencing settings have not been dealt with in literature up to now.

Keywords: Mixed-model assembly line; Resequencing; Survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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Published in: European Journal of Operational Research 216/3 (2012), 594-604.

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