A review of lot streaming in a flow shop environment with makespan criteria

• Gómez-Gasquet, Pedro ^[1] ; Segura-Andrés, Rubén ^[1] ; Andrés-Romano, Carlos ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

     Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

     Valencia, España

     
• Localización: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management, ISSN-e 2013-0953, Vol. 6, Nº. Extra 3, 2013, págs. 761-770
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Purpose: This paper reviews current literature and contributes a set of findings that capture the current state-of-the-art of the topic of lot streaming in a flow-shop. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review to capture, classify and summarize the main body of knowledge on lot streaming in a flow-shop with makespan criteria and, translate this into a form that is readily accessible to researchers and practitioners in the more mainstream production scheduling community. Findings and Originality/value: The existing knowledge base is somewhat fragmented. This is a relatively unexplored topic within mainstream operations management research and one which could provide rich opportunities for further exploration. Originality/value: This paper sets out to review current literature, from an advanced production scheduling perspective, and contributes a set of findings that capture the current state-of-the-art of this topic.