Title :
Optimal Design of Manufacturing Services Network
Author :
Su, Wei ; Huang, Shuangxi ; Wang, Rong ; Mak, K.L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Autom., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In the context of global manufacturing and service outsourcing, production-related services are organized as manufacturing services network. Service partner selection and production distribution planning are two key difficulties that arise in the optimal design of this network. This paper seeks to develop an effective methodology, which includes a mathematical model and an efficient genetic algorithm to solve problems. The mathematical model describes the characteristics of manufacturing services network. An efficient genetic search algorithm is developed to find out the optimal solution with minimum operating cost. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated by solving a set of randomly generated problems.
Keywords :
cost reduction; customer services; design for manufacture; genetic algorithms; network theory (graphs); production planning; search problems; genetic algorithm; genetic search algorithm; global manufacturing; manufacturing service network; mathematical model; operating cost; optimal design; production distribution planning; production-related service; service outsourcing; service partner selection; Companies; Genetic algorithms; Manufacturing; Mathematical model; Planning; Production; Raw materials; Service-oriented manufacturing; genetic algorithms; manufacturing services network; partner selection; production-distribution planning;
Conference_Titel :
Services Computing (SCC), 2012 IEEE Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3049-7
DOI :
10.1109/SCC.2012.67
