Abstract The compatibility concept is widely used in psychology and ergonomics. It describes the fit between elements of a sociotechnical system which prerequisite to successfully cooperate towards common goal. For at least three decades, cognitive increasing importance. externally presented information, information processing, required motor action. However, with complexity, probability for in...

in this paper, the problem of lot sizing, scheduling and delivery of several items in a two-stage supply chain over a finite planning horizon is studied. single supplier via a flexible flow line production system (ffl) produces several items and delivers them directly to an assembly facility. based on basic period (bp) strategy, a new mixed zero-one nonlinear programming model has been develope...

The differences in constraints between an automotive painting workshop and a final assembly can lead to production scheduling disruptions, using the Painted Body Store (PBS) manufacturing optimize meet requirements of workshop. This is achieved by establishing multi-objective mixed-integer optimization model for PBS solving state transition algorithm based on greedy strategy; finally, compariso...

An automated guided vehicle (AGV) system is an indispensable part of a mixed-model assembly line (MMAL) for flexible and efficient production, which utilized the material delivery. With urgent needs industry digitalization market customization, along with trend corporate smart decision management, MMAL has been widely adopted in manufacturing process modularized products. To address parameter m...

In this paper a process-oriented simulator for assembly lines is presented. The simulator considers mixed model lines, with stochastic task times, the possibility to have parallel stations, and to consider different scheduling sequences. The simulator is a flexible supporting tool in finding solution of the assembly line balancing problem (and the optimal sequencing problem associated to it) an...

The strategic pricing decisions of assembly products in assembly products supply chain are studied in this paper. Firstly, a two-stage assembly products supply chain model is developed. By building Nash game model, the Nash equilibrium solution of pricing strategy of supplier and assemblers is obtained. Next, a union decision model is built to analyze the optimal combination pricing strategy of...

Beam search (BS) is used as a heuristic to solve various combinatorial optimization problems, ranging from scheduling to assembly line balancing. In this paper, we develop a backtracking and an exchange-of-information (EOI) procedure to enhance the traditional beam search method. The backtracking enables us to return to previous solution states in the search process with the expectation of obta...