A real-time RFID-driven model for two-level production decision-making

This paper is motivated by a real-life production company that has been using RFID technology for supporting its production decision-making, which is divided into production planning and scheduling. Using the concept of advanced production planning and scheduling within hybrid flowshop environment, a real-time RFID-driven model is proposed to twining production planning and scheduling so that these two levels could be synchronized. In experimental examinations, this paper compares this model with rule-based solutions. It is observed that this proposed model is able to reduce the total tardiness comparing with priority-based rules, material-based rules, and SPT.