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

• Main Authors: Pedro Gómez-Gasquet, Rubén Segura-Andrés, Carlos Andrés-Romano
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: OmniaScience 2013-07-01
• Series: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
• Subjects: flow shop, lot streaming, makespan, review, solution methods
• Online Access: http://www.jiem.org/index.php/jiem/article/view/553

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> 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.</p> <p><strong>Design/methodology/approach:</strong> 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.</p> <p><strong>Findings and Originality/value:</strong> 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.</p> <p><strong>Originality/value:</strong> 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.</p>