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An integrated scheme for process planning and scheduling in FMS

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Process planning and scheduling are the two important manufacturing functions involved in any shop floor activities. As functional integration is essential to realize the benefits of computer integrated manufacturing, a scheme for integration of process planning and scheduling has been introduced in this paper. The proposed scheme can be implemented in a company with existing process planning and scheduling departments when multiple process plans remain available on the shop floor. It consists of two main modules, introduced in detail in this paper. They are process plan selection module and scheduling module.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, 136 119, India

    Ajai Jain

  2. Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247 667, India

    P. K. Jain

  3. Seth Jai Prakash Mukund Lal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Radaur, India

    I. P. Singh

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Jain, A., Jain, P.K. & Singh, I.P. An integrated scheme for process planning and scheduling in FMS. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 30, 1111–1118 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-005-0142-6

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