Keyword: cellular manufacturing

Found 110 papers in total
On the characterization and measure of machine cells in group technology
1996,
Group technology plays an important role in the design of an automated manufacturing...
Scheduling in robotic cells: Classification, two and three machine cells
1997,
This paper considers the scheduling of operations in a manufacturing cell that...
Comparative analysis of order-input sequencing heuristics in a cellular flexible assembly system for large products
1999,
This study investigates the performance of order-input sequencing heuristics in a...
Evaluation of manufacturing cell loading rules for independent cells
1999,
In this paper, first the growing importance of cellular manufacturing is mentioned and...
Scheduling unbalanced cellular manufacturing systems with lot splitting
2000,
Recently, a large number of studies have addressed lot splitting as a means to reduce...
Cell design and loading in the presence of alternative routing
1999,
This paper deals with the design and loading of a cellular manufacturing system in the...
An interactive tool for designing manufacturing cells for an assembly job-shop
2000,
Cellular manufacturing is often implemented to reduce work in progress, materials...
A similarity coefficient measure and machine-parts grouping in cellular manufacturing systems
2000,
For more than three decades, similarity coefficient measures – one of the...
Part family identification using a simple genetic algorithm
2000,
Past research in part family identification has focused mainly on the development of...
A hybrid approach for concurrent layout design of cells and their flow paths in a tree configuration
2000,
The layout design of multiple-cell automated manufacturing systems includes cell...
Inventory and capacity trade-offs in a manufacturing cell
1999,
This paper describes an investigation into the trade-off between capacity, inventory...
A method of eliminating exceptional elements attaining minimum machine duplications and intercell moves in cellular manufacturing systems
1998,
Using the concept of cellular manufacturing systems (CMS) in job shop manufacturing...
A new fuzzy-c-means and assignment technique-based cell formation algorithm to perform part-type clusters and machine-type clusters separately
1999,
The incorporation of fuzziness in the cell formation problem by Chu and Hayya is a...
A hierarchical model for the cell loading problem of cellular manufacturing systems
1998,
A hierarchical cell loading approach is proposed to solve the production planning...
Manufacturing capability measurement for cellular manufacturing systems
1998,
An important element in the design and management of cellular manufacturing systems is...
On-line production control of a flexible multi-cell manufacturing system operating a highly dynamic environment
1998,
This paper examines the problem of real-time production control of a flexible...
Design of cellular manufacturing systems integrating automated guided vehicles under a tandem configuration
1998,
This study suggests a procedure for designing cellular manufacturing systems (CMS)...
On the use of the asymptotic forms of the Boolean matrix for designing cellular manufacturing systems – an improved approach
1997,
The use of asymptotic forms of the Boolean matrix for grouping machines and parts is...
A flexible approach to (re)configure Flexible Manufacturing Cells
1996,
Although considerable research literature exists related to Flexible Manufacturing...
Static and dynamic operator allocation problems in cellular manufacturing systems
1997,
This paper addresses the static and dynamic operator allocation problems in cellular...
A methodology for integrating cell formation and production planning in cellular manufacturing
1998,
This paper develops a mathematical model for designing cells which can handle...
A general framework for comparing operating policies in manufacturing cells
1998,
A general framework to describe operating policies in manufacturing cells is...
Integrating design and planning considerations in cellular manufacturing
1998,
This paper presents a new model that integrates design and planning to prescribe a...
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