Continuous precise workload control method

The diversity of requirements and the frequency of change in the market can only be competed with dynamicity and responsiveness in both production and planning systems. In this sense, working principles of a novel workload control method, called continuous precise workload control are presented in this paper. The implementation of the method is based on a multi-agent based architecture. The presented approach generates dynamic non periodic release decisions exploiting real time shop floor information. The performance of the system and correlation of norm value against the assessment range are investigated through an experimented test case.

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