Modeling and Solving of the Extended Flexible Flow Shop Scheduling Problem

Abstract

This paper discusses the production control problems of customized mass production, which can be described as combining make to stock and make to order type production at the same time. In order to solve scheduling and resources allocation issues, a new computer model for customized mass production will be presented. The focus has been set to determine alternative routes and machines allocation for feasible scheduling. We have developed a computer framework to check different approximate heuristic algorithms, the result of which will be summarized in this paper.