Objective Short product life cycles, unpredictable demand patterns, and ever-decreasing
time-to-market have put manufacturing companies under pressure. To face all complex …

Often, real world decisions require some degree of human judgment. These decisions may
require a set of tools that can assist the decision maker. Simulation modeling, MRP, MRPII …

This paper proposes a new integration method for cell formation, group scheduling,
production, and preventive maintenance (PM) planning problems in a dynamic cellular …

Due to increasing international competition, shorter product life-cycles, variable demand,
diverse customer needs and customized products, manufacturers are forced from mass …

Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) is a viable option in many manufacturing systems.
Success of CMS depends on cell formation method along with Production Control (PC) …

Designing cellular manufacturing systems is still under intensive study and has attained
significant attention from academicians and practitioners. The major problem in designing …

Abstract Cellular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) is an application of Group Technology. Most
traditional cell formation procedures ignore any changes in demand over time caused by …

Cell design in Cellular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) assumes significance due to the
incremental nature of implementation. In this study a hybrid heuristic has been developed …

Abstract Cellular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) have provided significant increase in
manufacturing productivity over the last two decades. This has been achieved because CMS …

Cell formation problem in Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) design has derived the
attention of researchers for more than three decades. However, use of sequence data for …