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Approximation methods for discrete lot streaming in flow shops

Management Science and Information Systems Area, School of Business, McMaster University, MGD-415, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ont., Canada, L8S 4M4
Operations Research Letters (impact factor: 0.54). 09/1997; DOI:10.1016/S0167-6377(97)00039-4 pp.139-145
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ABSTRACT Lot streaming is the process of splitting a job or lot to allow overlapping between successive operations in a multistage production system. This use of transfer lots usually results in a shorter makespan for the corresponding schedule. In this paper, we present two quickly obtainable approximations of very good quality for the discrete lot streaming problem in flow shops.

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Keywords

flow shops
 
good quality
 
multistage production system
 
overlapping
 
successive operations