Abstract
Abstract This study addresses a fundamental difficulty in designing cellular manufacturing (CM) systems, the cell formation problem. This problem has its strategic importance in that it affects the fundamental structure and overall layout of a CM system. A heuristic model is developed which assigns parts and machines to manufacturing cells while taking into account machine capacities, product routings, relevant costs, and several objectives of production systems. A full factorial experimental design is used to evaluate the effects of environmental factors on the performance of the heursitic model. Large cell formation problems are solved with the heuristic model to further characterize the model with respect to solution characteristics and computer run time.
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