In manufacturing systems, aisles are paths which used for the movement of workers, transportation devices, and materials. The aisle structure contributes to layout efficiency by reducing material handling costs, mean flow time amount space needed, providing smooth transportation. Therefore, achieve a good layout, it is essential determine position facilities such as machines workstations, but a...

Traditionally, the objective of a service facility layout problem is to minimize the material handling cost and optimize the physical spaces that support a productive activity of the service system. Service delivering interface has direct impact to the efficiency and effectiveness of service system in light of customer’s contact. Layout problem of service facilities has received little attentio...

Facility layout has considerable effects on the operational productivity and efficiency of a facility because of its direct effect on material handling costs. The objective of this study is to propose newweighted association rule-based data mining approaches for facility layout problem. Classic association rule-based approaches assume that each item has the same level of significance. On the ot...

This paper presents the development of an Intelligent Cavity Layout Design System (ICLDS) for multiple cavity injection moulds. The system is intended to assist mould designers in cavity layout design at concept design stage. The complexities and principles of cavity layout design as well as various dependencies in injection mould design are introduced. The knowledge in cavity layout design is ...

A conceptual design study for a future multi-turn ERL based light source at HZB is completed and presently under internal review. The Femto-Science-Factory (FSF) is a candidate for a 4 generation diffraction limited synchrotron light source. It will provide its users with ultra-bright photons of angstrom wavelength at 6GeV. The FSF is intended to be a multi-user facility and offer a wide variet...

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...