%P 2136-2141
%A A. Shafeeq
%A M.I.A. Mutalib
%A K.A. Amminudin
%A A. Muhammad
%V 8
%T Scheduling three stage flowshop processes with no intermediate storage using novel matrix approach
%L scholars457
%J Journal of Applied Sciences
%O cited By 1
%R 10.3923/jas.2008.2136.2141
%N 11
%D 2008
%K Batch process; Matrix formulation; Minimizing makespan; No intermediate storages; Optimal sequence; Production sequences; Scheduling optimization; Transfer policies, Batch data processing; Matrix algebra; Optimization; Production engineering; Scheduling algorithms, Scheduling
%X Scheduling optimization normally aimed at minimizing makespan, leading to overall optimization of the production cost. This study focuses on determining the production sequence with minimum makespan for scheduling of a flowshop process using no intermediate storage (NIS) transfer policy. Unlike previous methods which uses mathematics considerably and lacks interactivity, the method introduces a simple approach based on matrix formulation to determine the makespan for all possible batch production sequences thus allowing simple screening to be done for selecting the optimal sequence. © 2008 Asian Network for Scientific Information.