Abstract
This paper considers the issue of whether to mix part‐types in one or several of the families to be produced in a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). For this input control problem in an FMS, we have derived conditions that support the mixing of a part‐type, which can share the setup of other part‐types, in deterministic environment. The problem is identified as a special economic lot scheduling problem (ELSP), and is formulated as a linear programming problem. Analytical insights are derived by considering the special case with three part‐families. The results are illustrated with a numerical example.
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