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The Optimum Sequence of Operations in the Multistage Manufacturing System

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Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference

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In this paper the problem of optimum sequence of operations in the multi-stage manufacturing system (for example, some machining centres or NC machine tools combining some operations) is studied for achieving minimum total cutting cost. In order to determine the optimum sequence of operations in the multi-stage manufacturing system, dynamic programming has been applied to its numerical model, which is obtained by relating the optimum sequence of operations to the optimum job allocation for each operation, and it is pointed out that dynamic programming is a powerful tool for determining the optimum sequence of operations in the multistage manufacturing system.

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  1. Department of Precision Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan

    Tateshi Kishinami & Katsumasa Saito

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  1. Tateshi Kishinami
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  1. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

    F. Koenigsberger (Professor of Machine Tool Engineering) (Professor of Machine Tool Engineering)

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK

    S. A. Tobias (Chance Professor and Head of Department) (Chance Professor and Head of Department)

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Kishinami, T., Saito, K. (1976). The Optimum Sequence of Operations in the Multistage Manufacturing System. In: Koenigsberger, F., Tobias, S.A. (eds) Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81544-9_9

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