Cell Formation Heuristic Procedure Considering Production Data

Shailendra Kumar; Rajiv Kumar Sharma

doi:10.4995/ijpme.2014.2078

Authors

Shailendra Kumar National Institute of Technology
Rajiv Kumar Sharma National Institute of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/ijpme.2014.2078

Keywords:

Cell formation heuristic, alternate process plan, inter-cell movement cost, operation sequence, part processing cost, production volume

Abstract

Manufacturing cell formation is one of foremost, and critical aspect of any manufacturing cell design problem. A large number of cell formation methods are developed and still counting. Consideration of production data in cell formation makes these methods more complex and tedious. In this paper an attempt has been made to develop a simple, easy to understand and implement cell formation procedure, having the capability to handle production data viz. operation sequence, production volume, and inter-cell movement cost simultaneously. The results obtained from proposed procedures are in tune with some highly complex methods, which validates the performance of proposed procedure. To demonstrate its ability to handle other production parameters with little modifications, a modification for consideration to part processing cost in addition to above mentioned production data is developed and explained. Towards the end the procedure to handle alternate process plans in conjugation with production data by the proposed cell formation procedure is also discussed.

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Author Biographies

Shailendra Kumar, National Institute of Technology

M Tech Student,
Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India 177005

Rajiv Kumar Sharma, National Institute of Technology

Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, India 177005

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