Cellular Manufacturing Systems

1 Introduction. - 1. 1 Production systems and group technology. - 1. 2 Impact of group technology on system performance. - 1. 3 Impact on other functional areas. - 1. 4 Impact on other technologies. - 1. 5 Design planning and control issues in cellular manufacturing. - 1. 6 Overview of the book. - 1. 7 Summary. - Problems. - References. - Further reading. - 2 Part family formation: coding and classification systems. - 2. 1 Coding systems. - 2. 2 Part family formation. - 2. 3 Cluster analysis. - 2. 4 Related developments. - 2. 5 Summary. - Problems. - References. - 3 Partmachine group analysis: methods for cell formation. - 3. 1 Definition of the problem. - 3. 2 Bond energy algorithm (BEA). - 3. 3 Rank order clustering (ROC). - 3. 4 Rank order clustering 2 (ROC 2). - 3. 5 Modified rank order clustering (MODROC). - 3. 6 Direct clustering algorithm (DCA). - 3. 7 Cluster identification algorithm (CIA). - 3. 8 Modified CIA. - 3. 9 Performance measures. - 3. 10 Comparison of matrix manipulation algorithms. - 3. 11 Related developments. - 3. 12 Summary. - Problems. - References. - 4 Similarity coefficient-based clustering: methods for cell formation. - 4. 1 Single linkage clustering (SLC). - 4. 2 Complete linkage clustering (CLC). - 4. 3 Average linkage clustering (ALC). - 4. 4 Linear cell clustering (LCC). - 4. 5 Machine chaining problem. - 4. 6 Evaluation of machine groups. - 4. 7 Parts allocation. - 4. 8 Groupability of data. - 4. 9 Related developments. - 4. 10 Summary. - Problems. - References. - 5 Mathematical programming and graph theoretic methods for cell formation. - 5. 1 P-median model. - 5. 2 Assignment model. - 5. 3 Quadratic programming model. - 5. 4 Graph theoretic models. - 5. 5 Nonlinear model and the assignment allocation algorithm (AAA). - 5. 6 Extended nonlinear model. - 5. 7 Other manufacturing features. - 5. 8 Comparison of algorithms forpart-machine grouping. - 5. 9 Related developments. - 5. 10 Summary. - Problems. - References. - 6 Novel methods for cell formation. - 6. 1 Simulated annealing. - 6. 2 Genetic algorithms. - 6. 3 Neural networks. - 6. 4 Related developments. - 6. 5 Summary. - Problems. - References. - 7 Other mathematical programming methods for cell formation. - 7. 1 Alternate process plans. - 7. 2 New cell design with no inter-cell material handling. - 7. 3 New cell design with inter-cell material handling. - 7. 4 Cell design with relocation considerations. - 7. 5 Cell design considering operational variables. - 7. 6 Related developments. - 7. 7 Summary. - Problems. - References. - 8 Layout planning in cellular manufacturing. - 8. 1 Types of layout for manufacturing systems. - 8. 2 Layout planning for cellular manufacturing. - 8. 3 Design of robotic cells. - 8. 4 Summary. - Problems. - References. - 9 Production planning in cellular manufacturing. - 9. 1 Basic framework for production planning and control. - 9. 2 Production planning and control in cellular manufacturing systems. - 9. 3 Operations allocation in a cell with negligible setup time. - 9. 4 Minimum inventory lot-sizing model. - 9. 5 Summary. - References. - Further reading. - 10 Control of cellular flexible manufacturing systems. - 10. 1 Control architectures. - 10. 2 Controller structure components. - 10. 3 Control models. - 10. 4 Summary. - References. Language: English