Keyword: cellular manufacturing

Found 110 papers in total
Heuristics for scheduling sequence-dependent set-up jobs in flow line cells
2003,
A key operational issue in cellular manufacturing systems is the scheduling of jobs...
A heuristic algorithm for machine assignment in cellular layout
2003,
This paper presents a heuristic algorithm that addresses problems of machine...
A preliminary study of a fuzzy clustering and assignment problem-based cell formation algorithm
2001,
The ideal situation of cellular manufacturing is achieved when each part-cluster...
Designing cellular manufacturing systems with dynamic part populations
1999,
The effectiveness of a cellular manufacturing system is sensitive to fluctuations in...
Machine cell formation in generalized group technology
2001,
In this paper, we study the configuration of machine cells in the presence of...
Linking critical success factors, implementation attitudes and performance of cellular manufacturing systems
2001,
The performance of Cellular Manufacturing (CM) systems has been rigorously...
Designing multi-product lines: Job routing in cellular manufacturing systems
2000,
An operation sequence-based method which integrates intra-cell layout cost with cell...
Dynamic routing and the performance of automated manufacturing cells
2000,
There has been a considerable amount of research done on the ‘cell...
A comparison of existing grouping efficiency measures and a new weighted grouping efficiency measure
2001,
Grouping efficiency is an evaluative measure of the machine-part groups in cellular...
Measures of grouping efficiency in cellular manufacturing systems
2001,
Grouping efficiency is a measure of goodness of machine-part groups in cellular...
U-shaped production lines: A review of theory and practice
2001,
Most writers describe the U-shaped production line as the special type of cellular...
A dissimilarity measure for solving the cell formation problem in cellular manufacturing
2001,
Cell formation (CF) is a vital aspect of the design of cellular manufacturing systems....
A genetic algorithm approach to cellular manufacturing systems
2001,
A genetic algorithm (GA) metaheuristic-based cell formation procedure is presented in...
A part-machine assignment algorithm for cellular manufacturing with machine capacity constraints
1998,
Many researchers have attempted to solve the cellular manufacturing problem using...
Cellular design for injection moulding shop
1998,
This paper attempts to highlight the fact that application of Group Technology does...
Capacity assignment of virtual manufacturing cells by applying lot size harmonization
2000,
Decentralized manufacturing cells minimize the lead time of products. However,...
A virtual cellular manufacturing approach to batch production
1996,
In this paper, Virtual Cellular Manufacturing (VCM), an alternative approach to...
Integrated use of fuzzy c-means and fuzzy k-nearest neighbours for group technology part family and machine cell formation
2000,
This paper presents a new approach for GT part family and machine cell formation. It...
Genetic algorithm for maximizing the parts flow within cells in manufacturing cell design
1999,
In this paper, we propose a cell design model with the objective of maximizing the...
Cyclic scheduling in robotic flowshops
2000,
Fully automated production cells consisting of flexible machines and a material...
Cellular manufacturing system design using a holonistic approach
2000,
We propose an integrated algorithm that will solve the part-family and machine-cell...
The integrated machine allocation and layout problem
2000,
Cellular manufacturing has received a considerable amount of attention in the research...
Cell formation and layout designs in a cellular manufacturing environment – a case study
2000,
This paper presents the application of a recent integrated approach for the design of...
Cell formation using evolutionary algorithms with certain constraints
2000,
Cellular manufacturing is well known as an effective way to improve workshop...
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