This paper presents and evaluates an order release decision rule in a job-shop, based on the input-output control concept. The order release mechanism is part of a global decision-making scheme that includes four main decisions: accept/reject orders, define the order’s due date, release the accepted jobs and dispatch it on the shop floor. This paper also presents an evaluation of two acceptance...

The paper presents an enterprise application that integrates material requirement planning (MRP) with job shop simulator using distributed object technology. The application aims to realize an integrated system that has rapid response to changing requirements and capability to integrate heterogeneous manufacturing facilities. At first, the application accepts the customer’s order and performs m...

Scheduling is a scientific domain concerning the allocation of limited tasks over time. The goal of scheduling is to maximize (or minimize) different criteria of a facility as makespan, occupation rate of a machine, total tardiness ... In this area, scientific community usually group the problem with, on one hand the system studied, defining the number of machines (one machine, parallel machine...

This paper addresses the application of AI techniques in a practical OR problem , i.e. scheduling. Scheduling is a scientific domain concerning the allocation of tasks to a limited set of resources over time. The goal of scheduling is to maximize (or minimize) different optimization criteria such as the makespan (i.e. the completion time of the last operation in the schedule), the occupation ra...