This paper reviews and classifies literature on the use of discrete event simulation for
manufacturing system design and operation problems. Simulation has been a widely used …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the adaptation of lean production and
assess its current state of practice in selected plants in electronics, telecommunication …

This paper presents a review of material transferring methods, related techniques, and their
effects on cellular manufacturing systems (CMS). In-depth analysis has been conducted …

Purpose–To evaluate the current state of manufacturing in some selected plants in
electronics, telecommunication/wireless, and computer industries in the Republic of China …

Purpose–To increase productivity in an automotive assembly plant to satisfy customer
demand and also develop best practices for productivity improvement for robotic welding …

In the last decades, many researchers have studied open shop scheduling (OSS) problem
by considering deterministic parameters using mathematical modelling, heuristics and meta …

Reconfigurable manufacturing is a promising new paradigm, which covers many aspects of
change from reconfigurable machine tools to transformable factories. A control analogy is …

It is widely accepted that simulation is an integral part of any effective facilities planning or
layout study. Traditional approaches claim that layout optimization produces strategic results …

In this study a multi-objective problem considering uncertainty and flexibility of job sequence
in an automated flexible job shop (AFJS) is considered using manufacturing simulation. The …

Lean is an optimized manufacturing approach that aims to streamline the flow within an
organization. Lean manufacturing caught the eye of the world due to Toyota's steady growth …