In this paper we consider the problem of grouping machine and human resources in mixed model assembly process so that sequencing and scheduling decisions may be performed more efficiently. Resource aggregation can potentially and significantly improve production efficiency and throughput by...

In some manufacturing situations, station tasks or operations can be shifted or redistributed to adjacent stations when adjacent stations have the appropriate equipment and the workers on that station can perform the shifted work to a reasonable level of competency. This paper addresses such an...

<title>A<sc>bstract</sc> </title> Achievement of a desirable level of customer service at intermodal terminals mainly depends on the efficient loading and unloading of trains without delays. The efficiency of the transfer between the modes in the terminal area can have a significant effect on these delays. In this...