Design of a facility layout model in hybrid cellular manufacturing systems under variable demand

• Main Authors: Ariafar, Shahram, Ismail, Napsiah, Tang, Sai Hong, Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar, Firoozi, Zahra
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Inderscience Publishers 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23125/1/Design%20of%20a%20facility%20layout%20model%20in%20hybrid%20cellular%20manufacturing%20systems%20under%20variable%20demand.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23125/; http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJISE.2011.043482?journalCode=ijise

Changes in demand, as one of the issues of volatile manufacturing systems, decline the performance of manufacturing systems over the time; especially, it degrades the effectiveness of layout in manufacturing systems. Although the layout of the arrangement of facilities on the shop floor play a signi...