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Minimizing makespan with multiple-orders-per-job in a two-machine flowshop

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Minimizing makespan with multiple-orders-per-job in a two-machine flowshop
: New semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities use Front Opening Unified Pods (FOUPs) as a common unit of wafer transfer. Since the number of pods is limited due to high costs, and the increase in wafer size to 300-mm reduces the number of wafers required for a customer order, combining multiple orders into a single job is a necessity for efficient production. We investigate the multiple orders per job scheduling problem in the context of a 2-machine flowshop. A lower bound for the makespan performance measure is provided. An optimization model is presented that addresses both job formation and job sequencing. Key words: flowshop, scheduling, multiple orders per job, optimization, semiconductor manufacturing, makespan, lot streaming
Jeffrey D. Laub, John W. Fowler, Ahmet B. Keha
Added 13 Dec 2010
Updated 13 Dec 2010
Type Journal
Year 2007
Where EOR
Authors Jeffrey D. Laub, John W. Fowler, Ahmet B. Keha
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