A new version of this entry is available:

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Article
2022

Application of non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) to increase the efficiency of bakery production: A case study

Abstract (English)

Minimizing the makespan is an important research topic in manufacturing engineering because it accounts for significant production expenses. In bakery manufacturing, ovens are high-energy-consuming machines that run throughout the production time. Finding an optimal combination of makespan and oven idle time in the decisive objective space can result in substantial financial savings. This paper investigates the hybrid no-wait flow shop problems from bakeries. Production scheduling problems from multiple bakery goods manufacturing lines are optimized using Pareto-based multi-objective optimization algorithms, non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II), and a random search algorithm. NSGA-II improved NSGA, leading to better convergence and spread of the solutions in the objective space, by removing computational complexity and adding elitism and diversity strategies. Instead of a single solution, a set of optimal solutions represents the trade-offs between objectives, makespan and oven idle time to improve cost-effectiveness. Computational results from actual instances show that the solutions from the algorithms significantly outperform existing schedules. The NSGA-II finds a complete set of optimal solutions for the cases, whereas the random search procedure only delivers a subset. The study shows that the application of multi-objective optimization in bakery production scheduling can reduce oven idle time from 1.7% to 26% while minimizing the makespan by up to 12%. Furthermore, by penalizing the best makespan a marginal amount, alternative optimal solutions minimize oven idle time by up to 61% compared to the actual schedule. The proposed strategy can be effective for small and medium-sized bakeries to lower production costs and reduce CO2 emissions.

File is subject to an embargo until

This is a correction to:

A correction to this entry is available:

This is a new version of:

Notes

Publication license

Publication series

Published in

Processes, 10 (2022), 8, 1623. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr10081623. ISSN: 2227-9717

Other version

Faculty

Institute

Examination date

Supervisor

Edition / version

Citation

DOI

ISSN

ISBN

Language

English

Publisher

Publisher place

Classification (DDC)

670 Manufacturing

Original object

Standardized keywords (GND)

Sustainable Development Goals

BibTeX

@article{Babor2022, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16586}, doi = {10.3390/pr10081623}, author = {Babor, Majharulislam and Pedersen, Line and Kidmose, Ulla et al.}, title = {Application of Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) to Increase the Efficiency of Bakery Production: A Case Study}, journal = {Processes}, year = {2022}, volume = {10}, number = {8}, }

Share this publication