Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) are considered the future of manufacturing,
being able to overcome both dedicated (DMS) and flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). In …

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

How to improve the global search ability without significantly impairing the convergence
speed is still a big challenge for most of the meta-heuristic optimization algorithms. In this …

This paper addresses a sequence-and machine-dependent batch scheduling problem on a
set of unrelated-parallel machines where the objective is to minimize a linear combination of …

Abstract Work-in-process (WIP) is an important performance measure of contemporary
manufacturing systems such as cellular manufacturing system (CMS). The term value added …

Meta-heuristic search algorithms are developed to solve optimization problems. Such
algorithms are appropriate for global searches because of their global exploration and local …

In this paper, a new mathematical model is presented for a cellular manufacturing system
into supply chain design with labor assignment. This paper considers important …

Cell formation problem attempts to group machines and part families in dedicated
manufacturing cells such that the number of voids and exceptional elements in cells are …

Meta-heuristic approaches are general algorithmic framework, often nature-inspired and
designed to solve NP-complete optimization problems in cellular manufacturing systems …

Both cell design and human issues are important factors for successful implementation of
cellular manufacturing. To better implement cellular manufacturing, we investigate the …