This paper presents a model and analysis of a synchronous tandem flow line that produces two different part types on unreliable machines. The machines operate according to a static priority rule, operating on the highest priority part whenever possible, and operating on lower priority parts only when unable to produce those with higher priorities. We develop a new decomposition method to analyz...

This paper presents a comparison study of the computational complexity of the general job shop protocol and the ow line protocol in a exible manufacturing system. It is shown that 2 a certain representative problem of nding resource invariants is NP-complete in the case of the job shop, while in the ow line case it admits a closed-form solution. The importance of correctly selecting part ow and...

This paper presents a systematic description of a reusable software architecture for multiagent systems in the domain of manufacturing control. The architectural description consolidates the authors’ expertise in this area. Until now, the research has taken a manufacturing control perspective of multiagent systems. The research team has focused on providing benefits to the manufacturing control...

Accurate and timely prediction of a manufacturing process yield and flow times is often desired as a means of reducing the overall production costs. To this end, we develop in this paper a new decisiontheoretic classification framework and apply it to a real-world semiconductor wafer manufacturing line, which suffers from constant variations in the characteristics of the chip manufacturing proc...

Background: Although the expansion of innovation in the industry has led to an increase in the fast of works, production and productivity, it has also imposed an increase in the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders. So, the aim of this study was determination the risk level of work posture by REBA and RULA method among workers of assembly line of a cosmetic manufacturing factory. Methods: Th...

existence of pressure on industries for successful competition, gives redundant importance to ability of percepting future. withal, manufacturing sector is one of the important economic pillars of each country. in line with this, the purpose of this study is presenting a model of key factors affecting the future of manufacturing in islamic republic of iran. this research is an applied research ...

The cable harness manufacturing industry has been growing in a fast pace during the recent years in India. Cable harnesses are used to link together all the electrical components scattered throughout any electrical equipment. Cable harness manufacturing involves a series of operations which are to be carried out in a proper sequence to make a good quality harness. In real time scenario, high vo...

Scheduling problems play a big role in manufacturing and planning the production for increasing the production efficiency and assigning the resources to operations. Furthermore, in many manufacturing systems there is a physical space between stages that called intermediate buffers. In this study, a model is proposed for minimizing the makespan of a hybrid flow shop scheduling problem with inter...

this paper is an attempt to analyze the impact of income taxes and market capitalization on fixed investment (investment in tangible assets) by manufacturing companies listed on kse. this paper basically examines that how corporate income taxes affect fixed investment by reducing cash flow available for a firm to invest and how the firm size in the lights of market capitalization affects fixed ...