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Vol 27 - No 07 - September 2001 Optimisation And The Factory The traditional approach to planning production is to produce parts by choosing a machine to process parts based on unit cost of operation, however this approach can restrict the capabilities of manufacturing cells adopted by many factories Selecting machines to convert a design specification into a product, and specifying the machines in which the operations are to be performed, along with the machining parameters, determines a sequence of operational constraints to be scheduled. However, specifying alternative machines to perform the same operation will ensure manufacturing commitments can be honoured, should the primary resource be overloaded. Page number: 22 Word count: 1200 Related Topics: Manufacturing control Planning and scheduling Product control
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