This article introduces a genetic programming algorithm for the solution of the multiobjective cellformation problem. This problem is related to the design of a cellular manufacturing production system. A well-known evolutionary multiobjective technique guides the algorithm in its search for the Pareto set of solutions. The framework is tested on an industrial case study taken from the literatu...

Cellular manufacturing systems (CMS) typically comprise a number of manufacturing cells served by a centralized material handling system. Designing such systems includes three major decisions; cell formation (CF), group layout (GL), and group scheduling (GS). Traditionally, these three decisions have been dealt with separately, which has usually lead to less than optimal system performance. In ...

Ultra-light metal foams became an attractive research field both from the scientific and industrial applications view points. Closed-cell metal foams, in particular aluminium alloy (Al-alloy) ones can be used as lightweight, energy-absorption and damping structures in different industrial sectors, detaining an enormous potential when transportation is concerned. Despite the several manufacturin...

Machine-part cell formation is used in cellular manufacturing in order to process a large variety, quality, lower work in process levels, reducing manufacturing lead-time and customer response time while retaining flexibility for new products. This paper presents a new and novel approach for obtaining machine cells and part families. In the cellular manufacturing the fundamental problem is the ...

With the advent of information systems and the recent developments in computing technology, traditional manufacturing systems are fast becoming obsolete. A new generation of factories is being designed with cellular or linked-cell manufacturing systems. This recent shift from traditional to cellular manufacturing system has necessitated the redesign of the factory and its layout. Traditional pr...

In today’s business world, competitiveness defines as an industry leader to drive towards maximum efficiency and it is constantly at the forefront of the companies objectives. Managers across the country are striving to adopt lean manufacturing practices to improve their bottom line cellular manufacturing and it helps to build a variety of products with as little scrap as possible. Layout a fac...

Assembly plays an important role in any production system as it constitutes a significant portion of the lead time and cost of a product. Virtual computer-integrated manufacturing (VCIM) system is a modern production system being conceptually developed to extend the application of traditional computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) system to global level. Assembly scheduling in VCIM systems is ...