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Dynamic Sequencing of Jobs on Conveyor Systems for Minimizing Changeovers

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dc.contributor.advisor Zhou, Chen
dc.contributor.author Han, Yong-Hee en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMember Bras, Bert
dc.contributor.committeeMember Sharp, Gunter P.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Sokol, Joel
dc.contributor.committeeMember McGinnis, Leon F.
dc.contributor.department Industrial and Systems Engineering en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2005-03-01T19:37:18Z
dc.date.available 2005-03-01T19:37:18Z
dc.date.issued 2004-12-01 en_US
dc.description.abstract This research investigates the problem of constrained sequencing of a set of jobs on a conveyor system with the objective of minimizing setup cost. A setup cost is associated with extra material, labor, or energy required due to the change of attributes in consecutive jobs at processing stations. A finite set of attributes is considered in this research. Sequencing is constrained by the availability of two elements ??orage buffers and conveyor junctions. The problem is motivated by the paint purge reduction problem at a major U.S. automotive manufacturer. First, a diverging junction with a sequence-independent setup cost and predefined attributes is modeled as an assignment problem and this model is extended by relaxing the initial assumptions in various ways. We also model the constrained sequencing problem with an off-line buffer and develop heuristics for efficiently getting a good quality solution by exploiting the special problem structure. Finally, we conduct sensitivity analysis using numerical experiments, explain the case study, and discuss the use of the simulation model as a supplementary tool for analyzing the constrained sequencing problem. en_US
dc.description.degree Ph.D. en_US
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4877
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Sequencing en_US
dc.subject Conveyor
dc.subject Simulation
dc.subject Operations research
dc.subject Automotive
dc.subject Manufacturing
dc.subject.lcsh Production scheduling Data processing en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Conveying machinery en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Automobile industry and trade en_US
dc.subject.lcsh Assembly-line methods Planning Computer simulation en_US
dc.title Dynamic Sequencing of Jobs on Conveyor Systems for Minimizing Changeovers en_US
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dc.type.genre Dissertation
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local.contributor.advisor Zhou, Chen
local.contributor.corporatename H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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