Batching and Scheduling Models and Methods for Several Problem Class

In some manufacturing systems significant setups are required to change production from one type of products to another. The setups render the manufacturing system inflexible as for reacting to changes in demand patterns, hence inventories must be maintai

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Carsten Jordan

Batching and Scheduling Models and Methods for Several Problem Classes

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Author Dr. Carsten Jordan Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel Institut fUr Betriebswirtschaftslehre D-24089 Kiel, Germany

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Jordan, Carsten, 1965Batching and scheduling: models and methods for several problem classes I Carsten Jordan. p. cm. -- (Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems 437) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-3-540-61114-1 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-48403-2 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-48403-2 I. Title. 1. Scheduling (Manage~ent) 2. Economic lot size. II. Series. TS157.5.J67 1996 96-15317 658.5'3--dc20 CIP

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Acknowledgments This work is the result of my research performed at the Christian-Albrechts-Universitiit zu Kiel under the supervision of Professor Dr. Andreas Drexl. I am very grateful to him for creating a stimulating research environment and for his guidance, support and motivation during the preparation of this work.

I would also like to thank Professor

Dr. Klaus Brockhoff for undertaking the task of the secondary assessment. I am indebted to my colleagues at the Institut fiir Betriebswirtschaftslehre, especially to Dr. Knut Haase, Sonke Hartmann, Alf Kimms, Dr. Rainer Kolisch, Andreas Schirmer and Dr. Arno Sprecher for many suggestions and helpful discussions; Andreas proof-read the entire manuscript. Furthermore, I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. W. Briiggemann, Prof. Dr. D. Cattrysse, Prof. Dr. B. Fleischmann, Prof. Dr. M. Salomon and Dr. M. Solomon for the help they provided with papers, computer programs and test instances. For the case description I am indebted to Dr. Jiirgen Bottcherfrom the BEIERSDORF AG. With respect to the technical realization, lowe thanks to Justus Kurth for his suggestions and the programming, and to Uwe Penke for the technic