A Modelling Framework for Integrating Layout Design and flow Network Design

Montreuil, Benoît

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-84356-3_8

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“…The initial integer programming formulation for the floor layout problem was originally presented by (Montreuil 1991). This model utilizes a continuous representation of a layout and considers departments with unequal areas.…”

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Optimal factory operation planning using electrical load shifting under time-based electric rates

Park

2016

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Optimal factory operation planning using electrical load shifting under time-based electric rates

Park

2016

JAMDSM

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“…If the required precision of the area matching is high, more variables and constraints will be needed. Furthermore, in the general layout formulation the so-called non-overlapping constraints that prevent two departments in the same time overlap must be imposed to each pair of the departments, incurring either nonlinear constraints or as many as five linear constraints plus four binary variables, as in Montreuil (1990), for each pair of departments. The non-overlapping constraints are deemed the most challenging part of the layout formulation.…”

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Flexible facility interior layout: a real options approach

Zhao

Tseng

2007

Journal of the Operational Research Society

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This paper explores a case of flexible facility layout, in which the layout process can be carried out in a dynamic manner responding to changing demands. We consider a facility such as an office building that needs to partition its interior space into units of different sizes and allocate them to different users. Facing different demands, each of which requires a different space size, the management of the facility needs to constantly exercise managerial real options, such as partitioning a big unit to small units and merging small units to a big one. Modeling the demand uncertainties as stochastic processes, we use the Monte Carlo simulation and solve rolling two-stage stochastic programs over time to value the flexible interior layout. Through numerical tests, we demonstrate that effectively and timely exercising the managerial options can significantly increase profit and service quality. Focusing on the dynamic behavior of the facility interior layout, the proposed options-based approach aims to improve facility management by proactive decision strategies. The approach may also be extended to facility expansion, maintenance and rehabilitation to increase service life and maintain service quality.

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“…A more detailed discussion of the general merits and limitations of this approach can be found in Liao [15], Kusiak and Heragu [13] and Bozer and Meller [5], among others. Alternative methods for incorporating departments of unequal size have been proposed (e.g., see Montreuil [17]). For a recent survey, the reader is referred to Meller and Gau [16].…”

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Design of flexible plant layouts

Benjaafar

Sheikhzadeh

2000

IIE Transactions

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In this paper, we address the problem of designing flexible plant layouts for manufacturing facilities where product demands are subject to variability. A flexible layout is one that maintains low material handling costs despite fluctuations in the product demand levels. We extend existing procedures for design of flexible layouts by (1) explicitly capturing the stochastic nature of product demands and the resulting variability in material flows between different processing departments, (2) allowing for the possibility of multiple processing departments of the same type to exist in the same facility, and (3) letting material flows between pairs of individual departments be determined simultaneously with the layout and as a function of demand scenarios. Optimal and heuristic methods are presented for generating flexible layouts and determining flow allocations under various design and operation assumptions.-2-

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A Modelling Framework for Integrating Layout Design and flow Network Design

Cited by 98 publications

References 3 publications

Optimal factory operation planning using electrical load shifting under time-based electric rates

Optimal factory operation planning using electrical load shifting under time-based electric rates

Flexible facility interior layout: a real options approach

Design of flexible plant layouts

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