In today's mixed-model assembly production, there are two recent trendsin particular, namely increasing vertical integration and the proliferation ofproduct variety, which more and more shift focus to an ecient just-in-timepart supply. In this context, many automobile manufacturers set up...

Mixed-model assembly lines are widely used in a range of production settings,such as the nal assembly of the automotive and electronics industries,where they are applied to mass-produce standardized commodities. One ofthe greatest challenges when installing and reconguring these lines is thevast...

A mixed-model assembly line requires the solution of a short-term sequencing prob-lem, which decides on the succession of different models launched down the line.A famous solution approach stemming from the Toyota Production System is theso-called Level Scheduling (LS), which aims to distribute...

The mixed-model sequencing problem is to sequence different product models launched downan assembly line, so that work overload at the stations induced by direct succession of multiplelabor-intensive models is avoided. As a concept of clearing overload situations, especiallyapplied by Western...

In modern rail-rail transshipment yards huge gantry cranes spanning all railwaytracks allow for an ecient transshipment of containers between differentfreight trains. This way, multiple trains loaded with cargo for varying destinationscan be consolidated to a reduced number of homogeneous...

At cross docking terminals incoming deliveries of inbound trucks are unloaded,sorted, moved across the dock and nally loaded onto outboundtrucks, which immediately leave the terminal towards their next destinationin the distribution chain. Accordingly, a cross dock is a consolidationpoint in a...

With increasing cost competition and product variety, providing an efficient Just-in-Time (JIT) supply has become one of the greatest challenges in the use of mixedmodelassembly line production systems. In the present paper, therefore, we proposea new approach for scheduling JIT part supply from...

A mixed-model assembly line requires the solution of a short-term sequencing prob-lem which decides on the succession of different models launched down the line. Afamous solution approach stemming from the Toyota Production System is the socalled Level Scheduling, which aims at distributing the...

Assembly line balancing problems (ALBP) consist of distributing the total workload for manufacturing any unit of the productsto be assembled among the work stations along a manufacturing line as used in the automotive or the electronics industries.Usually, it is assumed in research papers that,...

Rail-rail transshipment yards are an emerging and more ecient alternative totraditional shunting yards. Instead of a time-consuming reshuing of railcarsvia shunting hills, in these modern yards, huge gantry cranes tranship containersbetween different freight trains. As multiple cranes process...