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| We describe a new solution approach for order sequencing which reflects the build-to-order strategy of the European automobile industry. Therefore, it has to cope with a variety of customer orders that change daily. Each order consists of a set of commodities which are implemented while the order sequence passes through a body shop, a paint shop, and an assembly shop. Existing solution approaches usually focus on the computation of an order sequence optimized to fit the needs of the assembly shop where the most significant savings can be achieved. We propose a solution approach that generalizes known approaches and covers the complete production process. The resulting rule-based solution algorithm has been implemented in cooperation with Ford Motor Company and is currently successfully used in all plants across Europe. We illustrate its efficiency by computational results on real-world data. ∗ corresponding author (phone:+49-2331-9872658, fax:+49-02331-9874269) 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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