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Scheduling the part supply of mixed-model assembly lines in line-integrated supermarkets. / Boysen, Nils; Emde, Simon.
In: European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 239, No. 3, 16.12.2014, p. 820-829.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Scheduling the part supply of mixed-model assembly lines in line-integrated supermarkets
AU - Boysen, Nils
AU - Emde, Simon
PY - 2014/12/16
Y1 - 2014/12/16
N2 - Line-integrated supermarkets constitute a novel in-house parts logistics concept for feeding mixed-model assembly lines. In this context, supermarkets are decentralized logistics areas located directly in each station. Here, parts are withdrawn from their containers by a dedicated logistics worker and sorted just-in-sequence (JIS) into a JIS-bin. From this bin, assembly workers fetch the parts required by the current workpiece and mount them during the respective production cycle. This paper treats the scheduling of the part supply processes within line-integrated supermarkets. The scheduling problem for refilling the JIS-bins is formalized and a complexity analysis is provided. Furthermore, a heuristic decomposition approach is presented and important managerial aspects are investigated.
AB - Line-integrated supermarkets constitute a novel in-house parts logistics concept for feeding mixed-model assembly lines. In this context, supermarkets are decentralized logistics areas located directly in each station. Here, parts are withdrawn from their containers by a dedicated logistics worker and sorted just-in-sequence (JIS) into a JIS-bin. From this bin, assembly workers fetch the parts required by the current workpiece and mount them during the respective production cycle. This paper treats the scheduling of the part supply processes within line-integrated supermarkets. The scheduling problem for refilling the JIS-bins is formalized and a complexity analysis is provided. Furthermore, a heuristic decomposition approach is presented and important managerial aspects are investigated.
KW - Automobile industry
KW - In-house logistics
KW - Mixed-model assembly lines
KW - Part supply
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84906223719&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.05.029
DO - 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.05.029
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84906223719
VL - 239
SP - 820
EP - 829
JO - European Journal of Operational Research
JF - European Journal of Operational Research
SN - 0377-2217
IS - 3
ER -