Development of effective material flow control mechanisms in multi-stage manufacturing systems

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FMBI961134

Project closed

Start date 1 August 1996

End date 31 July 1997

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

University of Thessalia
Greece

Objective

The objective of the proposed research is to develop mechanisms to effectively control the flow of materials in multi-stage manufacturing systems. Material flow control is an optimization problem that addresses the question of when and how much to produce in order to achieve a satisfactory customer service level while keeping low material inventories, in the face of uncertainty in machine capacity and in demand. The proposed research will seek to develop and analyze simple but effective control policies that depend on a small number of parameters per stage and decide when to release material into a stage. The research grant applicant is expected to contribute significantly in the development of research in Production Management in the Host Institution, which is currently in its set up phase.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › classical mechanics › fluid mechanics › fluid dynamics

Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants
• TI99 - Other Engineering Sciences

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

University of Thessalia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Pedion Areos ; 38334 Volos ; Greece
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

Not available

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Total cost: No data