1. Towards an Integration of Process Planning and Production Planning and Control for Flexible Manufacturing Systems

   • Gerard J.C. Gaalman
   • Nallan C. Suresh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 17

2. A Simulation Study of an Object-Oriented Integration Testbed for Process Planning and Production Scheduling

   • Daguang Zhang
   • Hong C. Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 35

3. A Cascading Auction Protocol as a Framework for Integrating Process Planning and Heterarchical Shop Floor Control

   • Patrick McDonnell
   • Glen Smith
   • Soundar R.T. Kumara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 62

4. Analogy-Based Multiple Process Planning System with Resource Conflicts

   • David Ben-Arieh
   • John Wu (Chih-Hang Wu)

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 82

5. A Comparison Between Machine Flexibility and Routing Flexibility

   • Hitoshi Tsubone
   • Mitsuyoshi Horikawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 101

6. The Effects of Workstation Flexibility on the (N × N) Job Shop Problem

   • K. Pflughoeft
   • G.K. Hutchinson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 113