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...

The inter-cell layout problem is discussed and a mathematical formulation for material flow between the cells is presented. The problem is modeled as a quadratic assignment problem (QAP). An ant algorithm is developed to solve the formulated problem. The performance of the proposed ant algorithm is compared to the facility layout algorithms such as H63, HC63-66, CRAFT and Bubble Search as well ...

In this article, it is emphasized that the process analysis for companies carried out by using DISCO mining program and results are interpreted developed. light of machine worker occupancy information obtained as a result analysis, imbalances, if any, detected. These imbalances resolved arranging job assignments. Another we obtain time elapsed until processing any workpiece on finished. This co...

This paper presents a mixed-integer programming formulation to find optimal solutions for the block layout problem with unequal departmental areas arranged in flexible bays. The nonlinear department area constraints are modeled in a continuous plane without using any surrogate constraints. The formulation is extensively tested on problems from the literature. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights res...