关键词: 敏捷制造, 可重构制造系统, 生产计划

Abstract: Virtual enterprise is a reconfigurable manufacturing system, which is an effective way to implement agile manufacturing. In the process of system-reconfiguration, each partner provides the time interval of performing its tasks for the system. The production schedule should be made based on the information obtained from the partners in the reconfiguration. A mathematical model is developed for the scheduling problem. With this model, an efficient algorithm and its demonstration for the problem are proposed. This algorithm can find the solution for the problem if only the solution exists. If there is no solution for the problem or the solution is unacceptable, the principal company can coordinate the partners to solve the problem. A simple example is used to show the application of this approach.

Key words: agile manufacturing, reconfigurable manufacturing system, virtual enterprise, production schedule