Superior business performance is a central objective of any firm in an unpredictable
environment. Organizational agility (OA) constitutes one option for prospering in this …

The analytic network process is one of the multi-criteria decision-making methods widely
used to solve various issues in the real-world due to the consideration of complex and …

Sustainable development (SD) will be the driving force to Twenty-first Century as automation
was to the Twentieth Century and stream was to Nineteenth Century. There are two levels of …

The novel multi-workshop facility layout problem presented in this paper involves the
placement of a group of departments into several workshops; it deals with the distribution of …

The layout is an important issue in the design of manufacturing systems. In conventional
systems, the layout rarely changes after the initial design. However, as the market demands …

Facility layout problems have a significant impact on the productivity and efficiency of the
manufacturing systems. Generally, layout problems deal with the optimization of facility …

Short setup time is an essential element for the effective implementation of many lean pillars,
ie, JIT, and Kanban. Most of the current setup reduction methodologies are based on …

Today's market demands the manufacturing industries to be more agile in production to
produce large volumes as well as a large variety of products. The companies must be …

The multi-facility layout problem involves the physical organization of departments inside
several facilities, to allow flexible and efficient operations. This work studies the facility layout …

Manufacturing companies are facing rapid and unanticipated changes in their business
environment. Most of these companies need to find new strategies to remain competitive in …