Production processes in a wide range of industries rely on modern mixed-model assemblysystems, which allow an efficient manufacture of various models of a commonbase product on the same assembly line. In order to facilitate a just-in-time supply ofmaterials, the literature proposes various...

Mixed-model assembly lines are of great practical relevance and are widelyused in a range of industries, such as the final assembly of the automotive andelectronics industries. Prior research mainly selected and discussed isolatedproblems rather than considering the whole planning process. In...

A mixed-model assembly line enables the joint production of different models of acommon base product in intermixed model sequence (lot size one). Previous approachesfor the short-term planning task of model sequencing either aim at minimizingwork overload (mixed-model sequencing and car...

Manufacturers in a wide range of industries nowadays face the challenge of providing arich product variety at very low cost. This typically requires the implementation of costefficient, flexible production systems. Often, so called mixed-model assembly lines areemployed, where setup operations...

Die deutsche Wohnungswirtschaft unterliegt einer tiefgreifenden staatlichen Regulierung.Hiervon sind insbesondere Heizungsanlagen betroffen. Durch die vorgeschriebene Aufteilungin Kaltmiete und Nebenkosten stellt sich die Investition in eine neue, effiziente Heizungsanlagefür den Vermieter als...

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...