کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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385679 | 660869 | 2011 | 14 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
A factory consists of numerous production workstations, multiple production lines and many production floors. Due to the characteristics of just-in-time and make-to-order mode manufacturing, small batches of production materials are required for production lines within a short period of time in order to facilitate daily production operations. In this paper, a real-time warehouse operation planning system (R-WOPS) for solving small batch replenishment problems is described. Through using R-WOPS, real-time production and warehouse operations are monitored by radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and a genetic algorithm (GA) technique is applied to formulate feasible small batch replenishment solutions. Simulation tests show that R-WOPS generates pick-up and delivery route plans for small batch replenishment orders very efficiently.
Research highlights
► The adoption of RFID technology facilitates monitoring real-time production and warehouse operations simultaneously.
► The utilization of GA searching technique enhances the speed of solution formulation to tackle complex problems.
► The proposed system generates effective and efficient pick-up and delivery route plans for small batch replenishment orders.
Journal: Expert Systems with Applications - Volume 38, Issue 7, July 2011, Pages 8524–8537