Kitting is a materials feeding principle that is increasingly common in mixed-model
assembly. Currently, there is no consensus within industry regarding how picking …

This paper presents the design and prototype implementation of a service-based control
system responsible for the material supply operations planning and coordination in …

Aim of the assembly line balancing problem (ALBP) is the efficient and effective assignment
of assembly tasks to stations in one-piece-flow production systems. Although this problem …

Encountering a problem or error in the final stages of providing products or services
increases costs and delays scheduling. The key task is to ensure quality and reliability in the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to develop an optimization model allowing the choice
of parts feeding policy to assembly lines in order to minimize total cost. Design/methodology …

This paper explores the impact of parts features, ie unit size and cost, as well as scenario
variables on the total delivery cost of materials to assembly lines workstations, according to …

Purpose In a kitting supply system, the occurrence of material-handling errors is
unavoidable and will cause serious production losses to an assembly line. To minimize …

Automobile industry has marched into an age of mass customization, and begun to use
mixed-model assembly lines. The demand for materials in each assembly station is …

In the context of card-based control systems (CCSs), simple and effective control for hybrid
flow shop are lacking. This paper aims at filling the gap by presenting a new CCS …

Since the diversification of customer demands poses a great challenge for manufacturing
enterprises and the scheduling problem of material handling affects the efficiency of …