This paper focuses on the two dimensional rectangular non-oriented guillotine cutting stock problem (TDRCSP) in which many pieces with different dimensions need to be cut with different quantities in order to satisfy customers' orders. In order to maximise ...
We consider the production/inventory problem of a manufacturer (or a retailer) under non-stationary and stochastic supply availability. Although supply availability is uncertain, the supplier would be able to predict her near future shortages and hence sup ...
Although used in a very large variety of applications, drilling is one of the most complex and least understood manufacturing processes. Most of the research on drilling was done in the field of metal cutting for mechanical parts since, in this case, high ...