Workload Control and Order Release: Simulation and Optimization
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Mechanical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 537
Special Issue Editors
Interests: design and optimization of manufacturing systems: flexible manufacturing systems, reconfigurable manufacturing systems, and production lines; simulation to support the control and optimization of manufacturing systems; game theory models to support reconfigurable manufacturing systems and distributed production planning
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Interests: manufacturing planning and control: simulation modeling, workload control, optimization models, forecasting, regression, machine learning, and behavioral operations management
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to the latest finding on workload control (WLC) and order release in order to provide a simple and effective production planning and control (PPC) solution that is especially, but not exclusively, suitable for small- and medium-sized make-to-order (MTO) companies. The main limits of the literature can be summarized as the static computation of the workload, and that it does not take unforeseen events into account; the cases investigated are limited to directional routing of the jobs and classical manufacturing systems. Furthermore, several WLC models have evolved that include optimization models on a mid-term planning level. The main issues with these models are their parameterization, and most cases are limited to the semiconductor industry.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, (alternatively known as Industry 4.0) and additive manufacturing moving towards innovative models. The goal is to collect a series of works that can summarize the latest trend in the field of workload control and order release. For this Special Issue, there will be special focus on improving the responsiveness and the introduction of innovative models related do Industry 4.0, additive manufacturing, big data, etc.
All experts are invited to contribute to delineating the future of WLC by submitting their contributions.
Prof. Dr. Paolo Renna
Assoc. Prof. Stefan Haeussler
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- work load control
- order release
- Industry 4.0
- additive manufacturing
- responsiveness
- simulation
- clearing function
