Optimal Allocation Method of Discrete Manufacturing Resources for Demand Coordination between Suppliers and Customers in a Fuzzy Environment

Abstract

Discrete manufacturing products are often assembled from multiple parts through a series of discrete processes. How to effectively configure resources in a discrete manufacturing environment is an important research topic worthy of attention. Based on an in-depth analysis of the discrete manufacturing operation model and the manufacturing resource allocation process, this paper fully considers the uncertainty factors of the manufacturing resource customers and the interests of the manufacturing resource suppliers and proposes a bilevel planning model under a fuzzy environment that comprehensively considers the customers’ expectation bias and the suppliers’ profit maximization. The method firstly uses a language phrase to collect the language evaluation of the customers and suppliers for manufacturing tasks and uses a trapezoidal fuzzy number to convert the language evaluation phrase into a value that can be calculated. Then, we use the prospect theory to optimize the constraint indicators based on the language evaluation of customers and suppliers. Next, the bilevel planning model for optimal configuration of manufacturing resources in discrete manufacturing environment is established under the consideration of the respective interests of both the customers and the suppliers, and the fast nondominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) is used to solve the model. Finally, an example is given to verify the validity and feasibility of the model.