Flow Shop Lot Streaming

• Main Authors: Sarin, Subhash C. (Author), Jaiprakash, Puneet (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operations Management.

Lot streaming is a process of breaking a batch of jobs into smaller lots, and then processing these in an overlapping fashion on the machines. This important concept can significantly improve the overall performance of a production process, and thereby make the operation of a manufacturing system le...