Integrated packing, placement, scheduling, and routing of personalized production: a pharmaceutical Industry 4.0 use-case with a planar transport system

ArXi:2604.21029v1 Announce Type: cross The recent emergence of planar transport systems necessitates re-evaluation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) to address the simultaneous scheduling of internal logistics and production operations. By operating on a tile-based planar grid, these systems allow independent movers full two-dimensional freedom, mitigating inefficiencies inherent to traditional sequential lines. This paper applies a planar FMS framework to a real-world use case in the pharmaceutical industry: the automated production of personalized drugs.