One of the crucial steps in the design of a cellular manufacturing system is the cell formation
problem, which involves grouping the parts into part families and machines into …

This paper presents a review of clustering and mathematical programming methods and
their impacts on cell forming (CF) and scheduling problems. In-depth analysis is carried out …

Cell formation and cellular layout design are the two main steps in designing a cellular
manufacturing system (CMS). In this paper, we will present an integrated methodology …

Modern industry puts a lot of challenges on all the people involved. High quality standards
and high customization, tight deadlines, and small volumes of orders already pose a lot of …

Neste trabalho, foi desenvolvida uma nova heurística de localização-alocação (HLA) para
problemas de localização de facilidades (facility). Em tais problemas a questão central é …

The objective of this paper is to propose the modified formulations over the classical p-
median model for efficiently solving the cell formation (CF) problem with which production …

This paper is concerned with machine cell/part family (MC/PF) formation in cellular
manufacturing. Among the solution methodologies for MC/PF formation, the mathematical …

The purpose of this paper is to develop an efficient p-median approach applicable to large
cell formation (CF) problems. A two-phase methodology that seeks to minimize the number …

Lately, the problem of cell formation (CF) has gained a lot of attention in the industrial
engineering literature. Since it was formulated (more than 50 years ago), the problem has …

Abstract The manufacturing Cell Design Problem (MCDP) is a well-known problem for lines
of manufacture where the main goal is to minimize the inter-cell moves. To solve the MCDP …