This paper discusses and reviews a fundamental issue in cellular manufacturing—cell
formation. This problem is of strategic and operational importance in that it affects the …

We present a comprehensive model for designing a cellular manufacturing system. The
model bridges several known problems in that it integrates the cell formation problem, the …

Publisher Summary Cell formation, one major problem with cellular manufacturing, involves
the process of grouping the parts with similar design features or processing requirements …

This study develops a methodology which can be used to form manufacturing cells using
both a new similarity coefficient based on the number of alternative routes during machine …

In this paper, we propose a new mathematical model for cell formation in cellular
manufacturing system (CMS) based on cell utilization concept. The objective of the model is …

We present a genetic approach for finding efficient solutions to the problem of forming
manufacturing cells for products having multiple routings. We consider the case where there …

Cellular manufacturing (CM) is an important application of group technology (GT), a
manufacturing philosophy in which parts are grouped into part families, and machines are …

In this paper, we study the configuration of machine cells in the presence of alternative
routings for part types. The objective function is the minimization of transportation costs …

Group technology techniques are now widely used in many manufacturing Systems. Several
algorithms have been proposed for the optimal design of efficient manufacturing cells. The …

A hierarchical methodology for the design of manufacturing cells is proposed, which
includes labour-grouping considerations in addition to partmachine grouping. It is …