Balancing and Configuration Planning of RMS to Minimize Energy Cost

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the use of the scalability property of RMS to reduce the energy cost during the production. The corresponding optimization problem is a new Bilevel Optimization problem which combines a line balancing problem with a planning problem. A heuristic based on a simulated annealing algorithm and a linear program is proposed. An illustrative example is presented to highlight the potential of this new approach compared to the cost obtained with a classic production line.