Virtual manufacturing cells: Exploiting layout design and intercell flows for the machine sharing problem

Virtual manufacturing cells: Exploiting layout design and intercell flows for the machine sharing problem

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Article ID: iaor19932157
Country: United States
Volume: 31
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 791
End Page Number: 810
Publication Date: Apr 1993
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: , ,
Abstract:

Existing approaches to cell formation concentrate on machine grouping and part family formation. Since their input data usually do not consider flow directions and volumes, they neglect layout and handling strategies that can simplify the machine sharing problem. Hence, these approaches fail to relate the intracell and intercell layout decisions to the machine grouping and sharing decisions. This paper introduces a new approach for cell formation which integrates machine grouping and layout design, neglecting part family formation. The concepts of a hybrid cellular layout and virtual manufacturing cells are related. It is shown that a combination of overlapping GT cells, functional layout and handling reduces the need for machine duplication among cells. This approach questions the traditional emphasis on machine duplication to create independent cells that is suggested by the standard machine-part matrix clustering methods. The steps in the method are demonstrated by using two illustrative examples obtained from the literature.

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