G. Harhalakis et al., A PRACTICAL METHOD FOR DESIGN OF HYBRID-TYPE PRODUCTION FACILITIES, International Journal of Production Research, 34(4), 1996, pp. 897-918
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31
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,"Operatione Research & Management Science
A comprehensive method for the design of hybrid-type production shops,
which comprise both manufacturing cells and individual workcentres, i
s presented. The method targets the minimization of the material handl
ing effort within the shop and includes four basic steps: (1) identifi
cation of candidate manufacturing cells, (2) evaluation and selection
of the cells to be implemented, (3) determination of the intra-cell la
yout, and (4) determination of the shop layout. For the cell formation
step the ICTMM technique has been enhanced to cater for important pra
ctical issues. The layout of each significant cell is determined by a
simulated annealing (SA)-based algorithm. Once the sizes and shapes of
the selected cells are known the shop layout is determined by a simil
ar algorithm. The resulting hybrid shop consists of the selected cells
and the remaining machines. The methodology has been implemented in a
n integrated software system and has been applied to redesign the shop
of a large manufacturer of radar antennas.