Virtual cellular manufacturing system based on resource element approach and analyzing its performance over different basic layouts

This research aims to present how choosing a suitable layout can improve the performance of virtual cellular manufacturing systems (VCMSs), especially minimizing the material flow between machines required by each family group. To present the efficacy of basic layouts on performances of VCMSs, a mul...

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Main Authors: G. R. Esmaeilian, N. Ismail, M. Hamedi, M. K. A. Ariffin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations
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Online Access:http://www.growingscience.com/ijiec/Vol3/IJIEC_2011_38.pdf