This paper describes the philosophy behind the construction of a computer technique which has been used to formulate and solve a set of sequencing problems for efficient use of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). These problems are formulated as integer programming problems and are solved using commercially available software. Problems can be solved in reasonable computational time and the solutions can then be used to set up operating conditions for an FMS.
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