?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F452%2F&rft.title=Use+of+available+storage+to+improve+scheduling+in+an+automobile+assembly+plant&rft.creator=Westcott%2C+M.&rft.subject=Transport+and+Automotive&rft.description=The+Final+Assembly+Plant+at+General+Motors-Holden's+Automotive+Ltd+converts+painted+body+shells+into+drive-away+vehicles.+It+encounters+difficulties+when+processing+certain+sequences+of+vehicles+with+high+work+contents%2C+so+GMHAL+wishes+to+schedule+its+input+to+reduce+or+eliminate+such+undesirable+sequences.+GMHAL+has+a+set+of+empirical+rules+for+delineating+undesirability.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+Painted+Body+Storage+(PBS)%2C+which+precedes+Final+Assembly%2C+has+4+lanes+that+can+be+used+to+partially+reschedule+a+vehicle+sequence.+Information+on+vehicle+work+content+is+available+prior+to+arrival+at+the+PBS%2C+and+GMHAL+wants+advice+on+using+this+data+and+the+PBS+to+achieve+a+more+satisfactory+input+to+Final+Assembly.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+Study+Group+devised+three+approaches.%0D%0A1.+Use+the+rules+to+show+which+short+sequences+are+desirable+and+devise+input+and+output+strategies+for+the+PBS+to+achieve+these+consistently.+Choice+between+the+strategies+requires+further+investigation.%0D%0A2.+Model+Final+Assembly+to+produce+an+optimality+criterion+for+vehicle+sequences+and+use+combinatorial+optimization+methods+to+optimise+it+over+possible+PBS+outputs.+A+characterization+of+these+outputs+was+derived.%0D%0A3.+Suggest+that+the+initial+production+be+suitably+scheduled%2C+which+may+substantially+reduce+the+difficulties+at+the+PBS+stage.&rft.date=1991&rft.type=Study+Group+Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fmiis.maths.ox.ac.uk%2Fmiis%2F452%2F1%2FUse-of-available-storage-to-improve-scheduling-in-an-automobile-assembly-plant.pdf&rft.identifier=++Westcott%2C+M.++(1991)+Use+of+available+storage+to+improve+scheduling+in+an+automobile+assembly+plant.++%5BStudy+Group+Report%5D+++++