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Loop based facility planning and material handling

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Proper facility layout and material handling decisions will reduce the manufacturing expenses. The cost effectiveness of loop based material flow systems from an operational point of view is highlighted.

Author: Laporte, Gilbert, Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: European Journal of Operational Research
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0377-2217
Year: 2005
Control, Plant layout, Manufacturing costs

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Exact and heuristic procedures for the material handling circular flow path design problem

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Resolution of generalized traveling salesman problem, to design flow path for facility planning and material handling in automated guided vehicle systems, is described.

Author: Laporte, Gilbert, Asef-Vaziri, Ardavan, Ortiz, Robert
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: European Journal of Operational Research
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0377-2217
Year: 2007
United States, Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing, Industrial trucks and tractors, Automatic Guided Vehicles (Industrial), Usage, Automatic guided vehicles, Facility management, Facilities management, Traveling-salesman problem, Facility management systems

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A heuristic for the multi-satellite, multi-orbit and multi-user management of Earth observation satellites

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A tabu search heuristic for scheduling requests sent to the Earth observation satellites, which perform multiple orbits and multiple operations, is presented.

Author: Laporte, Gilbert, Desrosiers, Jacques, Cordeau, Jean-Francois, Bianchessi, Nicola, Raymond, Vincent
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: European Journal of Operational Research
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0377-2217
Year: 2007
Italy, Management dynamics, Management, Scheduling (Management), Company business management, Artificial satellites in geographical research, Geographical research satellites

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Subjects list: Methods, Analysis, Canada, Materials handling
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