A review of lot streaming in a flow shop environment with makespan criteria

Resumen

In production scheduling, lot streaming is considered as the work setting in which the lots can be divided into smaller entities, called sublots. Dealing with a lot streaming problem means to widen the range of scenarios or typologies and an extension of the nomenclature and taxonomy is required. Aspects such as those related with the size of the sublots or the use of interleaving open a range of very interesting solutions to examine in different industrial environments. However, lot splitting makes it more complex to find optimal solutions. In this paper a comprehensive review of the literature will reveal the types of problems that have been addressed up to date, and with what degree of satisfaction have been resolved in the field of flow shop to minimize makespan (Cmax) using lot streaming.