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Title: | Kanban scheduling system |
Authors: | Colombo, Christian Abela, John |
Keywords: | Computer integrated manufacturing systems Just-in-time systems Production control Genetic algorithms |
Issue Date: | 2007 |
Publisher: | University of Malta. Faculty of ICT |
Citation: | Abela, J. M., & Colombo, C. (2007). Kanban scheduling system. 5th Computer Science Annual Workshop (CSAW’07), Msida. 140-149. |
Abstract: | Nowadays manufacturing plants have adopted a demand- driven production control system also known as just-in-time production (JIT). This greatly reduces inventory costs because the buffers between the processes act as a blocking mechanism to indicate when production should stop and when eventually it can continue. One implementation of a JIT system is the Kanban system. Manufacturing in a JIT fashion, we face the challenge of flexibility to respond to changes in the customers’ demands, while at the same time remaining cost-effective. This work at- tempts to introduce automation to the process of Kanban scheduling in a manufacturing plant environment with a multi-level part type. The proposed solution is a Memetic Algorithm (MA) which tries to optimize schedules such that they meet the deadlines of customer orders without causing buffer overflows, while at the same time keeping setup time to a minimum and placing free periods sensibly if these occur. The evaluation shows that this was achieved and the MA gave better results than the manual system currently in use. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/22746 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacICTCIS Scholarly Works - FacICTCS |
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