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W Mayrhofer, L. März, W. Sihn:
"Planning assistance for pearl chain forecasts and personnel assignment planning of sequenced assembly lines";
CIRP Annals-Manufacturing Technology, 60 (2011), 1; 481 - 484.

In sequenced automobile assembly, the assignment of personnel is done at almost all major
manufacturers subordinate to the sequencing, resulting in sub-optimal utilization of personnel resources.
By integrating the sequence planning with the personnel assignment planning, a significant increase in
hours-per-vehicle efficiencies is possible. The presented integrated planning approach combines a
sequencing solution based on constraint programming, with incident-discrete simulation. The hybridsolution
evaluates the sequence-building regarding personnel and procedural restrictions with the intent
of simultaneously optimizing the vehicle sequence and the deployed assembly personnel, resulting in
lower capacity demand fluctuations and increased utilization of personnel resources.

Production Planning; Productivity; Sequencing; Simulation

http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_198060.pdf