Heuristic based approach for short term production planning in highly automated customer oriented pallet production

Abstract Wooden pallets are commonly used as load carriers in many industrial and logistic applications. This article investigates formalizes the production planning for a highly automated but customized pallet provides solution approach. For completing specific pallet, required boards must be cut stacked advance to meet demand at assembly line. The arising problem producing consists of both cutting stock constraining open stack problem. Further, changeover raw material process number fully internal storages, boards, restricted. proposed heuristic aims minimizing waste. Additionally, feasibility with regard buffers is tested using discrete event simulation. Different approaches generate, select sequence patterns investigated.