... Industry 4.0 Multi-agent technology Multi-criteria decision making Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) Fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (FDEMATEL) Automotive Automatic assembly Autonomous robots Flexible manufacturing The manufacturing sector has been undergoing...

... process. Assembly Flexible manufacturing Warehouse design Order picking Kitting Part attributes Part-feeding policy The increasing product variety and the affirmation of the assembly to order paradigm lead to design the assembly systems as mixed-model lines able to produce a great...

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... 27 07 2019 01 10 2019 11 12 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Scheduling Flexible job shop Assembly Particle swarm optimization (PSO) Parallel variable neighborhood search (PVNS) Flexible manufacturing...

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... Flexible manufacturing Mathematical model Kitting Kitting is a common alternative for continuous supply when delivering components on the shop floor to assembly lines. In a kitting policy, no parts inventories are kept at the workstations, and the components required to assemble one unit...