Extending the boundaries between scheduling and dispatching: hedging and rescheduling techniques

While deterministic scheduling models have been well studied, the use of these models is not well documented in manufacturing environments. Previous research has indicated that deterministic scheduling approaches quickly lose their advantage compared to dispatching rules when processing time uncerta...

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Published in:International journal of production research 2017-06, Vol.55 (11), p.3294-3307
Main Authors: Pfund, Michele E., Fowler, John W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boundaries
dispatching
Drilling
Environment models
Finishing
Hedging
Manufacturers
multi-criteria
Printed circuits
Production scheduling
Rescheduling
Scheduling
Uncertainty
variability
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Summary:While deterministic scheduling models have been well studied, the use of these models is not well documented in manufacturing environments. Previous research has indicated that deterministic scheduling approaches quickly lose their advantage compared to dispatching rules when processing time uncertainty is present. This research presents the case of a Printed Wiring Board Manufacturer's drilling operation, which is a group of unrelated parallel machines. The manufacturer wishes to minimise makespan, number of late jobs, total overtime, average machine finishing time and machine utilisation when stochastic uncertainty is present. While deterministic scheduling has been shown to be a good solution approach when processing time variability is low, this research attempts to extend the boundaries in which scheduling is useful by investigating job and machine hedges as well as periodic and event driven rescheduling policies. The success of the approach is evaluated using a simulation model to evaluate the performance over a number of sequential schedules under various distributional assumptions.
ISSN:0020-7543
1366-588X
DOI:10.1080/00207543.2017.1306133