Die hohen Anforderungen an heutige Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke in Bezug auf Flexibilität und Lieferbereitschaft stellen die Distribution vor die Aufgabe, Güter immer häufiger und in immer kleineren Mengen ausliefern zu müssen. Ein Ansatz, diesen Forderungen auf möglichst wirtschaftliche Art...

A mixed-model assembly line requires the solution of a short-term sequencing prob-lem, which decides on the succession of different models launched down the line.A famous solution approach stemming from the Toyota Production System is theso-called Level Scheduling (LS), which aims to distribute...

The mixed-model sequencing problem is to sequence different product models launched downan assembly line, so that work overload at the stations induced by direct succession of multiplelabor-intensive models is avoided. As a concept of clearing overload situations, especiallyapplied by Western...

In modern rail-rail transshipment yards huge gantry cranes spanning all railwaytracks allow for an ecient transshipment of containers between differentfreight trains. This way, multiple trains loaded with cargo for varying destinationscan be consolidated to a reduced number of homogeneous...

At cross docking terminals incoming deliveries of inbound trucks are unloaded,sorted, moved across the dock and nally loaded onto outboundtrucks, which immediately leave the terminal towards their next destinationin the distribution chain. Accordingly, a cross dock is a consolidationpoint in a...

With increasing cost competition and product variety, providing an efficient Just-in-Time (JIT) supply has become one of the greatest challenges in the use of mixedmodelassembly line production systems. In the present paper, therefore, we proposea new approach for scheduling JIT part supply from...