A review of lot streaming in a flow shop environment with makespan criteria
Abstract: 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.
Keywords: flow shop, lot
streaming, makespan, review, solution methods
Author: Pedro Gómez-Gasquet, Rubén
Segura-Andrés, Carlos Andrés-Romano
Journal Code: jptindustrigg130031
