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Improving performance in flexible manufacturing systems

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Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming, (Jan 3, 2009)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlap.2008.11.002

Abstract

The need for flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) has become of utmost importance over the last years due to the fierce competition present in the manufacturing industry as well as the ever decreasing product life spans and the markets attempts to respond to customers&\#x2019; changing needs. These systems allow us to react quickly to changes, however this flexibility costs both time and money. Given this fact, it would be desirable to reduce costs by testing potential implementations before using them. Three examples are used to show how an FMS can be specified and how the algorithm and the tool work, allowing us to obtain the best performance with the lowest cost.

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