An Evaluation of Scheduling Policies in a Dual Resource Constrained Assembly Shop

Worker flexibility in a parallel dual resource constrained job shop

“…This rule is widely applied in practice (Wisner and Siferd 1995). Besides, this rule has been shown to perform as well as other where rules (Weeks and Fryer 1976, Huang et al 1984, Russell and Taylor 1985, Treleven and Elvers 1985.…”

A Generalized Model of Optimal Due-Date Assignment by Linear Programming

“…It can be seen that, for the smallest value of r = 3, condition (9) is satisfied. Therefore d* = c[3J = 73, and f(d*) = 785.5.…”

Product structure complexity and scheduling of operations in recoverable manufacturing

“…Russell and Taylor (1985b) examine two types of product structure,¯at and tall, and conclude that the ranking of the priority dispatching rules used in the study showed no statistically signi® cant di erence between the two types of product structures. The study does show that the performance of the shortest processing time (SPT) and the shortest remaining path (SP) rules improves for the taller product structures examined ( Russell and Taylor 1985b). In a later study by Philipoom et al (1989) two types of product structure types, tall and¯at each with ® ve variants, examined independently showed no statistically signi® cant di erences among the priority dispatching rules examined.…”

“…Another contribution this research makes is the concept of complexity indices, which assign a quanti-® able score for the complexity of a particular type of product structure (Collier 1978, Benton andSrivastava 1985). Other work , Philipoom et al 1989, Russell and Taylor 1985b explicitly examining the e ect of product structure on the performance of dispatching rules in an assembly job shop has produced mixed results as to the signi® cance of product structure. Russell and Taylor (1985b) examine two types of product structure,¯at and tall, and conclude that the ranking of the priority dispatching rules used in the study showed no statistically signi® cant di erence between the two types of product structures.…”

“…Other work , Philipoom et al 1989, Russell and Taylor 1985b explicitly examining the e ect of product structure on the performance of dispatching rules in an assembly job shop has produced mixed results as to the signi® cance of product structure. Russell and Taylor (1985b) examine two types of product structure,¯at and tall, and conclude that the ranking of the priority dispatching rules used in the study showed no statistically signi® cant di erence between the two types of product structures. The study does show that the performance of the shortest processing time (SPT) and the shortest remaining path (SP) rules improves for the taller product structures examined ( Russell and Taylor 1985b).…”