... production Pharmaceuticals industry Manufacturing systems Lean manufacturing Cycle time Inventory management 5‐whys 5S Value stream mapping Cellular manufacturing Manufacturing industries around the world are being affected profoundly by emerging technologies resulting in a significant...

... of the two layouts within the scope of the paper. Originality/value This paper presents a novel objective methodology for comparing functional and cellular layouts. Cellular manufacturing Manufacturing systems Simulation Taguchi methods There have been concerted efforts to improve...

... for assessing the feasibility of adopting cellular manufacturing in early stages of design. Another characteristic of this approach is the possibility of using it as a decision support tool for practitioners who opt to use a cell formation method which requires specifying the number of cells in advance...

.... A part of this work covered not only simulation comparative studies that constitute the mainstream of this research field but also a number of analytical and empirical studies. The authors pointed out the “cellular manufacturing paradox” that emerged from a number of conflicting simulation‐based studies...

...Mounir Elleuch; Habib Ben Bacha; Faouzi Masmoudi; Aref Y. Maalej Purpose The aim of this paper is to illustrate a solution that can be used to reduce the severity of breakdowns and improve performances in the cellular manufacturing (CM) system with unreliable machines. Design/methodology...

... assemblages for small batches that can rapidly respond to changes for different product orders and design changes. Cellular manufacturing (CM) is an effective approach for determining functional machine layouts when sequential production lines are no longer practical in small‐median batch manufacturing...

... and inspection. In a study of implementation experiences Wemmerlov and Johnson (1997, p. 46) concluded by making the following point: … the picture that emerges from this study is clear – restructuring the factory to adopt cellular manufacturing should not be viewed merely as a technical, engineering...

...Saeed Zolfaghari; Erika V. Lopez Roa Purpose To compare the performance of a new hybrid manufacturing system (HMS) with a conventional cellular manufacturing system (CMS). The hybrid system is a combination of the cellular manufacturing and job shop. Design/methodology/approach A hypothetical...

...Hulya Julie Yazici Purpose The effects of cellular manufacturing (CM) on increased delivery speed and resource utilization along with its interaction with volume, mix, routing, and labor flexibilities are not clear for manufacturers and supply chain managers. Aims to focus on this. Design...

...Jaydeep Balakrishnan; Chun Hung Cheng Purpose The purpose of this research paper is to discuss cellular manufacturing is discussed under conditions of changing product demand. Traditional cell formation procedures ignore any changes in demand over time from product redesign and other factors...

...Ibrahim Al Kattan Purpose This paper presents a new method of resource optimization through workload balance in designing of multiple cellular manufacturing (MCM) systems for flow‐shop environments. The application of a step‐by‐step structured approach to design MCM cells more efficiently...

... . To illustrate the ROC2 method, an application to the problem represented by machine‐part matrix given in Table I is to be considered. Cellular manufacturing Cluster analysis Groups Effectiveness Measurement International competitiveness and market demand for rapid response have led many low...

... Manufacturing Group technology Cellular manufacturing Shopfloor The selection of PFA method may be justified by the type of problem to be dealt with in which it is necessary for the replacement of the old production system by the new one, in addition to other reasons to be considered. For example...

... and part families in cellular manufacturing systems. This fuzzy approach offers a special advantage over existing clustering approaches as it presents the degree of membership of the machine or part associated with each machine cell or part family allowing users flexibility in formulating machine cells...

...Amrik S. Sohal; Paul Fitzpatrick; Damien Power Presents the experiences of a medium‐sized Australian manufacturer with cellular manufacturing over the past ten years. The case study reveals that careful planning and implementation are not the only component of ongoing success in a flexible cell...

... 2001 Cellular manufacturing Resources Non‐linear programming Simulation Optimization Group technology (GT) is a planning philosophy, which takes advantage of part similarity in order to reduce the manufacturing costs. Application of GT based cellular manufacturing (CM) is suggested...

... both the process of change (for example, local implementation strategy and employee responses to change) and change outcomes (for example, operating practices around the new cell arrangements). © MCB UP Limited 2001 Cellular manufacturing Change management Organizational politics Case...

... facility are defined as: (see equation 2) where f_i (i = 1,2,…n) are individual form‐generating schemata, and F is the full set of FGS performed within the machining facility. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Cellular manufacturing Modelling Machining cell...

...Godfrey C. Onwubolu Grouping parts into families which can be produced by a cluster of machine cells is the cornerstone of cellular manufacturing, which in turn is the building block for flexible manufacturing systems. Cellular manufacturing is a group technology (GT) concept that has recently...

...Nabil N.Z. Gindy; Tsvetan M. Ratchev The decomposition of production facilities into efficient cells is one of the areas attracting increasing research attention due to the performance benefits which cellular manufacturing offers. One of the problems associated with cell formation...