Manufacturing has faced significant changes during the last years, namely the move from a
local economy towards a global and competitive economy, with markets demanding for …

We review the literature on executing production schedules in the presence of unforeseen
disruptions on the shop floor. We discuss a number of issues related to problem formulation …

Future manufacturing systems need to cope with frequent changes and disturbances. As
such, their control requires constant adaptation and high flexibility. Holonic manufacturing is …

In the last decades significant changes in the manufacturing environment have been
noticed: moving from a local economy towards a global economy, with markets asking for …

This paper introduces a framework to assess the performance of manufacturing systems
using hybrid simulation in real time. Continuous and discrete variables of different machines …

This paper surveys the literature in the holonic manufacturing systems area in an attempt to
bring together the key issues in the development and applications of holonic systems. A brief …

From the Foreword of the First Edition of Integral Logistics Management: Operations and
Supply Chain Management Within and Across Companies:" Changes in the world outside …

This discussion paper examines the role of hierarchy within the domain of shop floor control
in manufacturing plants. Specifically, three distinct structures for shop floor control are …

Previous work in manufacturing has identified complexity as a relevant topic in this field.
However, there is a high diversity of opinions on what complexity is, why it should be …

Future manufacturing systems will need to cope with frequent process disturbances and
changes in production orders. Therefore, their control will require constant adaptation and …