Abstract
The trend towards a globalized economy leads to an increasing pressure of competition. Many companies face this competition by trying to better fulfill the needs of their customers. To accomplish this goal, they offer a higher number of product variants and shorten delivery times. Both changes require elaborate production planning systems. One can distinguish long-term, mediumterm and short-term production planning. Lot-sizing and scheduling are an integral part of short-term production planning.KeywordsSchedule ProblemParallel MachineProduct FamilyMachine AssignmentShorten Delivery TimeThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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