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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Cellular Manufacturing"”.
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Cellular manufacturing: applicability and system design
… to rejuvenate their production systems. Cellular manufacturing systems have received considerable interest from both academics and practitioners. This research examines three major issues in cellular manufacturing that have not been adequately addressed: applicability, structural design, …
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Stochastic Cellular Manufacturing System Design and Control
Cellular manufacturing has been an important phenomenon in manufacturing in recent decades. Tremendous amount of work has been done regarding issues such as cell formation, cell loading and job scheduling. However, majority of literature lacks consideration of uncertainty in the problem definition …
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Machine requirements planning for cellular manufacturing system
… of machines in order to minimize total cost in a Cellular Manufacturing System. In addition, all aspects and design of a Cellular Manufacturing System are discussed along with other related topics such as Group Technology and Plant Layout as applied to Cellular Manufacturing.
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Application of cellular manufacturing to low-volume industries
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1994, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, 1994.
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A methodology for the design of cellular manufacturing systems
… provides a systematic approach to the design of Cellular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) is developed. The states in the system design process are established, methods and tools to be used for each stage are identified, and transition criteria for progressing from one state to the next are …
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A systemic approach to the design of cellular manufacturing systems
Cellular manufacturing is widely acknowledged as one of the key approaches to achieving world-class performance in batch manufacturing operations. The design of cellular manufacturing systems (CMS) is therefore crucial in determining a company's competitiveness. This thesis postulated that, in …
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Design and implementation of cellular manufacturing in a job shop environment
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1997, and Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1997.
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Implementing cellular manufacturing methodologies to improve the performance of a manufacturing operation
Many traditional high-mix, low-volume manufacturing facilities utilize process villages, whereby similar operations are grouped together in an effort to gain efficiencies. While process villages can improve certain metrics and increase capacity utilization, many wastes can be created that outweigh …
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A methodology for determining feasibility and choice of method for cellular manufacturing
… addressed two very fundamental issues in cellular manufacturing. These two issues were organizational feasibility for the implementation of cellular manufacturing and the choice of method approach for part-family/machine grouping if feasibility was adjudged, given organizational and …
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Designing cellular manufacturing systems with time varying product mix and resource availability
Cellular manufacturing is a practical application of group technology in which functionally dissimilar machines are grouped together to produce a family of parts. The fundamental problem of cellular manufacturing system design is the identification of part families and machine cell compositions. …
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Design of Cellular Manufacturing Systems for Dynamic and Uncertain Production Requirements with Presence of Routing Flexibility
… demand, and customized products have forced manufacturing firms to operate more efficiently and effectively in order to adapt to changing requirements. Traditional manufacturing systems, such as job shops and flow lines, cannot handle such environments. Cellular manufacturing, which …
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Modeling and Optimization of Cell Formation Problem Using Progressive Modeling and FactDesign
Cellular manufacturing is the most efficient manufacturing system design option in the mid-volume/mid-varietymanufacturing environments.Designing a cellular manufacturing system is a complex multi-level process consisting of four interdependent stages: 1) cell formation (CF), 2) inter and …
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Heuristics for Multi-period Competitive Pricing Strategies for Manufacturing Companies
In this thesis, dynamic competition between two manufacturing companies is analyzed over four quarters in which a competitor and the company are allowed to cut price by 10%, 20%, 30% or do nothing. The competitor cuts the prices based on different profiles such as random, safe or conservative and …
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Development and application of management tools within a high-mix, low-volume lean aerospace manufacturing environment
… model flow lines based upon the principles of cellular manufacturing. The flow lines operate in a true pull fashion with an optimally sized finished goods supermarket and a strategic, continuous review incoming material ordering policy. In addition, a capacity planning tool, a long term …
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The design and implementation of material and information flow for manufacturing systems
… with the goal to accomplish certain high-level manufacturing objectives. In order to ensure that the decisions made and the actions taken during the design and implementation of production systems are aligned with all of the objectives, a structured approach must be followed. In developing this …
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Scheduling in two-machine robotic cell : an optimal algorithm based on buffering
… approaches for improving plant productivity are cellular manufacturing and robotics. The proliferation of robot technology is an outcome of increasing industrial automation especially in engineering and electronics. Robots offer substantial gains in manufacturing productivity, particularly when …
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Lean principles applied to a supply chain with demand uncertainty
… thesis focuses on the implementation of a lean manufacturing system, modeled after the Toyota Production System, in the Kodak color film business. The goal of the system is to systematically eliminate all forms of waste from the production process in an attempt to reduce costs and inventory. …
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Lean manufacturing system design and value stream management in a high-mix, low-volume environment
… system includes a newly designed layout for the manufacturing cell as well as the "operating system" for the cell. The layout is based on the principles of cellular manufacturing in order to promote flow and improve quality. The operating system includes such things as production batch sizes, …
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Global Supply Chain and Competitive Business Strategies: A Case Study of Blood Sugar Monitoring Industry
… for LifeScan Inc. incorporating a layered cellular manufacturing design integrated with different supply chain alternatives. The framework is then employed in a multi-period strategic analysis where competition games are developed and studied in three categories; price competition, …
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