Due to exorbitant product variety, very limited space, and other factors, organizing efficient
and timely deliveries of parts and subassemblies to final assembly within the factory is one …

The fourth industrial revolution and the digital transformation of consumer markets require
contemporary manufacturers to rethink and reshape their business models to deal with the …

The Assembly Line Part Feeding Problem (ALPFP) is a complex combinatorial optimisation
problem concerned with the delivery of the required parts to the assembly workstations in …

The rise of advanced manufacturing technology has led to enhanced, efficient material
handling equipment in manufacturing and container terminal environments. In order to …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the just-in-time (JIT) in-house logistics problem for
automotive assembly lines. A point-to-point (P2P) JIT distribution model has been …

With the development of personalized and differentiated customization demands, mixed-
model assembly lines have been increasingly adopted by manufacturing enterprises due to …

As the number of car models in the automotive industry increases, automotive manufacturers
are increasingly implementing multi-model assembly lines. These require more part …

In an assembly system, balancing the line and designing the part feeding setting play a
fundamental role in guaranteeing efficiency and effectiveness. Although these two aspects …

Decentralised in-house logistics areas, known as supermarkets, are widely used in the
manufacturing industry for parts feeding to assembly lines. In contrary to the literature and …

In recent years, many OEMs, especially in the automotive industry, have installed so-called
supermarkets on their shopfloors to feed parts to assembly lines in a flexible and just-in-time …