In today's mixed-model assembly production, there are two recent trendsin particular, namely increasing vertical integration and the proliferation ofproduct variety, which more and more shift focus to an ecient just-in-timepart supply. In this context, many automobile manufacturers set up...

Mixed-model assembly lines are widely used in a range of production settings,such as the nal assembly of the automotive and electronics industries,where they are applied to mass-produce standardized commodities. One ofthe greatest challenges when installing and reconguring these lines is thevast...