Designing and redesigning cellular manufacturing systems to handle demand changes
This paper presents a model for cell formation that allows for period-to-period demand variability and consider size of the cell when determining the cost to process each part. The model also allows the composition of a cell to be ged from period to period. Five heuristic procedures are presented and tested. The best procedure is also compared two other traditional approaches. The results show that considering demand variability and changing the cell compo during the planning horizon can result in better solutions. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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