Component commonality - the use of the same version of a component across multiple products - is being increasingly considered as a promising way to offer high external variety while retaining low internal variety in operations. However, increasing commonality has both positive and negative cost...

This paper presents novel approaches for generating sequencing rules for the carsequencing (CS) problem in cases of two and multiple processing times per station.The CS problem decides on the succession of different car models launched down amixed-model assembly line. It aims to avoid work...

Line-integrated supermarkets constitute a novel in-house parts logistics concept for feeding mixed-model assembly lines. In this context, supermarkets are decentralized logistics areas located directly in each station. Here, parts are withdrawn from their containers by a dedicated logistics...