Cellular Manufacturing Systems Design, planning and control

Batch manufactcring is a dominant manufacturing activity in the world, generating a great deal of industrial output. In the coming years, we are going to witness an era of mass customization of products. The major problems in batch manufacturing are a high level of product variety and small manufact...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Singh, N., Rajamani, D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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 Part—machine 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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