Proceedings of the Second ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A., August 12-15, 1986

Manufacturing technology policy and deployment of processing innovations (J.E. Ettlie). Strategy first: a case in FMS justification (S.E. Garrett). A mathematical programming formulation of elements of manufacturing strategy: FMS applications (C.A. Nelson). Finding the economical mix of rigid and flexible automation for manufacturing (M.C. Burstein). Economic analysis of product-FMSs investment decisions (C.H. Fine, R.M. Freund). The strategic decision to acquire flexible technology (C. Gaimon). Evaluating FMSs as a strategic investment (V. Srinivasan, R.A. Millen). Flexibility in manufacturing plants (C.H. Falkner). Designing flexibility into automated manufacturing systems (M.F. Carter). Flexibility and its use: a formal decision process and manufacturing view (M. Mandelbaum, J.A. Buzacott). On measurement of flexibility in FMSs: an information-theoretic approach (V. Kumar). Design problems of FASs (D.N. Hall, K.E. Stecke). A program prospectus for the simulation, design and implementation of flexible assembly and inspection cells (P.G. Ranky). A prototype expert system for technological planning in robot based FASs (K. Tierney et al.). Optimum number of buffer spaces in FMSs (F. Azadivar, Y.-H. Lee). Stochastic design optimization of asynchronous FASs (C.-M. Liu, J. Sanders). Design of flexible production systems: capacity balancing and subcontracting strategies (K.R. Kumar, A. Vannelli). Model to evaluate the benefits of FMS pallet flexibility (W.E. Newman Jr.). Layout design for FMSs: models and strategies (P. Afentakis et al.). Multi-machine replacement for sequential implementation of a hybrid FMS (S.A. Irani et al.). Some resource allocation problems in multi-cell systems (D.D. Yao, J.G. Shanthikumar). Impact of flexible machines on automated manufacturing systems (J.A. Buzacott, D. Gupta). An efficient method to determine the optimal configuration of a FMS (Y. Dallery, Y. Frein). A flexible approach to implementing the short-term FMS planning function (K.E. Stecke, I. Kim). A constraint-directed method to solve the part selection problem in FMSs planning stage (S. Hwang). Formulation and heuristic solutions for parts grouping and tool loading in FMSs (S. Rajagopalan). The system setup in FMS: concepts and formulation (A.S. Kiran, B.C. Tansel). Production planning with flexibilities in capacity (A.K. Chakravarty, A. Shtub). A decision support system for production planning in discrete electronic parts manufacturing (J.H. Ahmadi, A.I. Ali). Lot sizing in a FAS (Y.-L. Chang, R.S. Sullivan). An analytical review of several computerized closed queueing network models of FMS (A. Seidmann et al.). Optimizing recirculation in FMSs (C.G. Cassandras). Basis for development of a generic FMS simulator (S. Jain, W.J. Foley). Machine utilizations and production rates achieved by using balanced aggregate FMS production ratios in a simulated setting (T.J. Shriber, K.E. Stecke).