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Agent Technology: Painting Trucks at General Motors

by James Odell

Traditionally, assembly line schedules are centrally developed and controlled. Any change in the schedule must be centrally reconfigured. When the line is small and has few unplanned stoppages, centrally controlled schedules work well. However, scheduling for most real-world assembly lines can be a nightmare: work stations break down, personnel get sick, environmental conditions are not always within acceptable limits, products coming down the line have or acquire unexpected defects, and so on.

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Agent Technology: Painting Trucks at General Motors19 September 2007

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