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The investigation of the effect of scheduling rules on FMS performance
The application of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs) has an effect in competitiveness, not only
of individual companies but of those countries whose manufactured exports play a significant part in
their economy (Hartley, 1984). However, the increasing use of FM Ss to effectively provide customers
with diversified products has created a significant set of operational challenges for managers
(Mahmoodi et al., 1999). In more recent years therefore, there has been a concentration of effort on
FMS scheduling without which the benefits of an FMS cannot be realized.
The objective of the reported research is to investigate and extend the contribution which can be made
to the FMS scheduling problem through the implementation of computer-based experiments that
consider real-time situations. [Continues.