Truss Manufacturing
Executive Summary:
Manufacturing roof trusses requires different setup times depending on the manufacturing sequence and on the type of manufacturing apparatus that is used. This paper applies a new scheduling algorithm for unrelated machines with sequence dependent setup times and machine eligibility restrictions to improve manufacturing performance for roof truss manufacturing.
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Technical Reports & Papers:
Armacost, R., J. Pet-Armacost,, M. Mullens, and A. Salem, "Information Support for Efficient Assembly of Roof Trusses," in Khattab, M. (ed.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems in Engineering and Construction (ISEC 2001), Cocoa Beach, FL, 2001, CD-ROM.
Armacost, R., J. Pet-Armacost,, M. Mullens, and A. Salem, "Scheduling for Roof Truss Manufacturing," in Harris, R. (ed.), Proceedings of the ICC&IE and IEMS 2001 Joint Meeting, Cocoa Beach, FL 2001, pp. 644-649.
