The scheduling function in flexible manufacturing cells

The Computer Aided Programming and Scheduling (CAPS) is an important attribute of modern flexible manufacturing. This facility has a lot of functions regarding production planning level, and these functions must be integrated with the others facilities by computer. The paper presents the Production planning function for Flexible Manufacturing Cell case- FMC-2R-2002 from University of Oradea. The simple priority rules will be used in decision procedures based on fuzzy sets. For each schedule manufacturing possibility the Gantt graph and efficiency indicators will be determinate. The decisional unit chooses the most adequate alternative for the considered objectives. After manufacturing program selection is done, the FMC-2R-2002 command program is automatically generated.