| Article ID: | iaor19921302 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 89 |
| End Page Number: | 93 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1992 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
| Authors: | Solomon Marius M., Millen Robert A., Afentakis Panos |
| Keywords: | location |
This note analyses the dynamic design problem for automated manufacturing systems involving a unidirectional closed loop material handling system with one load/unload station by means of simulation. The experimental conditions and layout strategies employed are the same as those used in an earlier study where each processing centre had input/output capability. When compared to findings in earlier research, material handling requirements increased by as much as 200% due to the single load/unload station versus having such capability at each processing centre.