The impact of grouping efficiency measures in cellular manufacturing systems

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Abstract

© IEOM Society International. The worth of machine-part groups in cellular manufacturing systems is evaluated by different grouping measures available in the literature. Three of the well-known grouping efficiency measures will be used, analyzed and tested against two case studies taken from the literature to compare the effectiveness of cell formation. In this paper it is found that in both cases grouping efficiency measures may not lead to choose the optimal or best distribution. For that in the first case the designer will choose the optimal distribution based on optimality rather than efficiency. While in the second case his decision will be based on the constraints on the shop floor. Moreover, it is found that these measures have some deficiencies comparing to optimal manufacturing systems having the same sum of voids and exceptions.

ISBN

9781532359491

ISSN

2169-8767

Publisher

IEOM Society

Issue

March

First Page

1510

Last Page

1517

Disciplines

Business

Keywords

Alternative optimal solution, Cell formation, Grouping measures, Optimal solution

Scopus ID

85088998543

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Bronze: This publication is openly available on the publisher’s website but without an open license

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