Scatter search algorithms for scheduling Of various manufacturing systems

Abstract

newlineManufacturing industries are under intense pressure from the newlineincreasingly competitive global market Shorter product life cycles time to market newlineand diverse customer needs have challenged manufacturers to improve the newlineefficiency and productivity of their production activities Manufacturing systems newlinemust be able to yield products with low production costs and high quality as quickly newlineas possible in order to deliver the products to customers on time In addition the newlinesystems should be able to adjust or respond quickly to changes in product design newlineand product demand without major investment Traditional manufacturing systems newlinesuch as job shops and flow lines are not capable of satisfying such requirement newlineAs indicated above job shops and flow lines cannot meet today s production newlinerequirements where manufacturing systems are often required to be reconfigured to newlinerespond to changes in product design and demand newline newline