As globalisation and competition grow rapidly, adopting a flexible manufacturing philosophy
becomes more critical for manufacturers. Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) is among …

Due to increasing demand uncertainty and product variety, manufacturing systems must
continually adapt to maintain productivity. Generally, decision-makers can maintain flexibility …

With increasing diverse product demands, the manufacturing paradigm has been
transformed into a mass-individualized one, among which one bottleneck is to achieve the …

Determining the location of machines for given periods of time, depending on changes in the
material flow between the machines, is known in the literature as a dynamic facility layout …

Today's volatile market conditions in electronic industries have lead to a new production
system, seru (which is the Japanese pronunciation for cell), and has been widely …

While “sustainability” in the manufacturing sector is becoming a pivotal issue, one should
consequently expect a growing research interest in design problems in “Sustainable …

Cell formation and machine layout in cellular manufacturing systems (CMs) design are
considered as a crucial, yet hard and complex decision process. Owing to the …

This paper studies the integration of design and control phases in a three-echelon supply
chain system of a blood sugar strip manufacturer. The first step is manufacturing system …

ABSTRACT A cellular manufacturing system is a practical tool of group technology
philosophy in a production environment. Although environmental issues have a significant …

Purpose In a cell production system, a number of machines that differ in function are housed
in the same cell. The task of these cells is to complete operations on similar parts that are in …