Together with Daniel Müllerklein and Frederik Ostermeier, we developed an new model for the integrated considertation of line feeding policies and scheduling decisions for a mixed-model assembly line. The results were evaluated in a real case study with an automotive company and show that the integrated consideration reduces costs by 18% compared to existing approaches from the literature.
The article is now available online. Click here.
If you are interested in further details on this project, feel free to contact me: pirmin.fontaine(at)ku.de