Interactive tool for scheduling jobs in a flexible manufacturing environment

✍ Scribed by J. Slomp; J.N.D. Gupta

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 890 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0951-5240
• DOI: 10.1016/0951-5240(92)90046-f

✦ Synopsis

This paper describes an innovative interactive decision making tool for scheduling jobs in a flexible manufacturing environment. While the proposed tool provides computer integrated mechanism for scheduling jobs to the flexible manufacturing systems, it retains the human touch needed to augment computer analysis with human experience and judgement. A practical instance where this tool is used is also discussed.