Manufacturers in a wide range of industries nowadays face the challenge of providing a rich
product variety at a very low cost. This typically requires the implementation of cost efficient …

This paper offers a review of the development and use of multi-agent modelling techniques
and simulations in the context of manufacturing systems and supply chain management …

Following the evolution in the computer industry, quite a lot of car manufacturers currently
intend to move from a built-to-stock oriented production of standardized cars towards a …

A good assembly process plan can increase the efficiency and quality, and decrease the
cost and time of the whole product manufacturing process, which is important as product and …

The new economic challenges and recent trends in globalization have made it very difficult
for Canadian forest product companies to improve their financial position without the …

Integration of sensors into various kinds of products and machines provides access to in-
depth usage information as basis for product optimization. Presently, this large potential for …

This study presents an open shop scheduling model by considering human error and
preventive maintenance. The proposed mathematical model takes into account conflicting …

This paper aims to apply a supply-chain modelling and its analysis framework to the supply
chain in the port industry. The simulation approach serves two purposes: to model a supply …

Most of the discrete optimization techniques based on evolutionary computing did not
deploy and involve the actual geometrical structure of objective function in the process of …

An efficient and flexible production system can contribute to production solutions. These
advantages of flexibility and efficiency are a benefit for small series productions or for …