Flexibility-driven order releases in job-shop production

Overview. The aim of releasing orders is to transfer jobs from the planning stage to the realization stage under consideration of economic objectives. In a job-shop with order driven production, this decision problem is characterized by time-related, open decision fields. In this context, a possible approach to solve this problem lies in considering flexibility as a decision criterion. This procedure also forms the basis of opportunistic coordination. Here, the basic idea is to utilize the inherent flexibility of a production system to compensate negative consequences of unexpected changes of the decision field. The aim of this article is to