Dynamic production control for make-to-order and nonidentical-job systems

Investigate dynamic production control mechanisms for manufacturing systems operating under a make-to-order paradigm or otherwise processing nonidentical jobs, including effects on individual job flow time and lateness.

Background

The paper studies a single-product make-to-stock system in which jobs are identical. Its sequencing and routing mechanisms therefore regulate aggregate workload distribution and throughput rather than individual job priorities or order-level performance. The authors explicitly identify make-to-order systems and environments with nonidentical jobs as requiring additional investigation, particularly with respect to individual job key performance indicators such as flow time and lateness.

References

However, systems operating in a make-to-order paradigm, or more generally, in an environment where jobs are not identical, require further investigation. In fact, this paper does not deepen any aspect of job flow time or other individual job KPIs, such as lateness.

— Dynamic production control and deadlock prevention in conveyor equipped manufacturing systems  (2609.29461 - Castiglione et al., 24 Sep 2026) in Concluding Remarks, Section \ref{sec:conclusion}