In this paper we analyze and evaluate the effects of some pre-defined process parameters on the performance of a manufacturing system. These parameters include two different plant layout types, namely functional layout (FL) and cellular manufacturing layout (CL), as well as scheduling rule, machine downtimes, batch sizes, and transporter (interstage transporters) capacities. First we employ sim...

Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS), an application of group technology philosophy, is a recent technological innovation that can be used to improve both productivity and flexibility in modern manufacturing environments (Signh, 93; Sarker and Xu, 1998). In practice, the essence of CMS is to decompose a manufacturing system into manageable autonomous subsystems (called manufacturing cells) so as...

OF THE PHD THESIS Researches on the design and management of manufacturing systems Ciprian CRISTEA Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania The PhD thesis is being structured on seven chapters. Each one of them begins with a set of objectives and it ends with the conclusions. Chapter 1 makes an introduction in the problem of manufacturing and contains an evolution of the manufacturing conce...

-This paper discusses and reviews a fundamental issue in cellular manufacturing--cell formation. This problem is of strategic and operational importance in that it affects the fundamental structure and the overall layout of a cellular manufacturing system. We first provide a comprehensive mathematical formulation of the cell formation problem and then propose a methodology-based classification ...

The manufacturing enterprises are now experiencing high pressure of competition. In addition, the advancement in computer software, hardware, networks, information technologies and integration has been gradually reshaping the manufacturing companies by shifting from the industrial age to the information and knowledge era. Due to these elevated competitiveness and advanced computer technology, a...