Abstract
The capacity of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is optimized with the objective to maximize the system's throughput, while a budget constraint is considered. Decisions are performed on the capacity of machine groups (sets of identical machines), the transportation system and, in case of a significant cost impact, the number of pallets in the system. Throughput evaluation is achieved either by an open finite queueing network or by a closed queueing network if the number of pallets is included in the decision process. For both cases the solution procedure is based on the marginal allocation scheme.
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