A metaheuristic approach to manufacturing process planning in reconfigurable manufacturing systems

• Main Authors: Musharavati, Farayi, Ismail, Napsiah, S. Hamouda, Abdel Magid Salem, Ramli, Abdul Rahman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12719/1/A%20metaheuristic%20approach%20to%20manufacturing%20process%20planning%20in%20reconfigurable%20manufacturing%20systems.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12719/; http://www.jurnalteknologi.utm.my/index.php/jurnalteknologi/article/view/219
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Manufacturing process planning (MPP) is concerned with decisions regarding selection of an optimal configuration for processing parts. For multiparts reconfigurable manufacturing lines, such decisions are strongly influenced by the types of processes available, the relationships for sequencing the p...