Optimization of Modern Facility Layout Planning

Facility layout planning and job-shop scheduling are central optimization problems for the efficiency of modern manufacturing systems. In the context of industry 4.0, these systems are often characterized by conflicting objectives, unstable demand, short product life cycles, and mass customization. Traditional facility layout planning methods are not well suited to such environments, as they ignore the contained dynamic and flexible scheduling problem. As a solution, we develop a novel simulation-based multi-objective optimization methodology that integrates facility layout planning with job-shop scheduling.