Articles

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Emergence of Multitasking Machining Systems: Applications and Best Selection Practices, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (2009)

Purpose – Multitasking machining (MTM) systems have become increasingly sophisticated and expensive capital equipment. The...

 

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Improving Factory Layout under a Mixed Floor and Overhead Material Handling Condition, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management (2007)

Purpose – In spite of having a number of general-purpose algorithms for solving plant layout...

 

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The Paperless Factory: A Review of Issues and Technologies (with James A. Sena), International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security (2006)
paper-based data management can be a bottleneck, slowing factory-wide information transfer. This study explores the...
 

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A Simulation Analysis of Factors Influencing the Flexibility of Cellular Manufacturing, International Journal of Production Research (2005)
The performance of cellular manufacturing (CM) systems in a variable demand and flexible workforce environment...
 

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The Effect of Reliability Consideration on the Application of Quality Index (with Hamid Seifoddini), Computers & Industrial Engineering (2001)
Quality index (QI) has been proposed as a screening mechanism for machine-part matrices in the...
 

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An Efficient CNC Programming Approach Based on Group Technology, Journal of Manufacturing Systems (2000)
Many studies and reports support the significant impact of the application of group technology on...
 

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A Parametric Programming Technique for Efficient CNC Machining Operations, Computers & Industrial Engineering (1998)
In this paper the application of parametric programming to CNC machining is discussed. As one...
 

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Determination of a Flexibility Range for Cellular Manufacturing Systems under Product Mix Variations (with Hamid Seifoddini), International Journal of Production Research (1997)
One of the underlying assumptions in cellular manufacturing is that product mix is relatively stable...
 

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The Threshold Value of a Quality Index for Formation of Cellular Manufacturing Systems (with Hamid Seifoddini), International Journal of Production Research (1996)
The superiority of cellular manufacturing to job shop manufacturing has been questioned by a number...
 

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Sensitivity Analysis in Cellular Manufacturing System in the Case of Product Mix Variation (with Hamid Seifoddini), Computers & Industrial Engineering (1996)
In this paper, performance measures such as mean flow time and work-in-process inventories will be...
 

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Improving the Performance of Cellular Manufacturing by a Dynamic Part Assignment Approach (with Hamid Seifoddini), Computers & Industrial Engineering (1996)
In this paper, a simple dynamic part assignment (DPA) procedure is introduced and its effects...
 

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A New Grouping Measure for Evaluation of Machine-Component Matrices (with Hamid Seifoddini), International Journal of Production Research (1996)
The machine-component matrix is the main input to most machine-component grouping models used in cellular...
 

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A Simulation Study of Quality Index in Machine-Component Grouping (with Hamid Seifoddini), Computers & Industrial Engineering (1995)
Simulation modeling is employed to determine the effectiveness of quality index in screening machine-part matrices...
 

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Merits of the Production Volume Based Similarity Coefficient in Machine Cell Formation (with Hamid Seifoddini), Journal of Manufacturing Systems (1995)
In this paper, two types of similarity coefficients are compared: (1) the Jaccard's coefficient and...
 

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Analysis of Efficiency Measures for Block Diagonal Machine-Component Charts (with Hamid Seifoddini), Computers & Industrial Engineering (1994)
Group efficiency measures have been developed to evaluate machine-component charts for the formation of cellular...
 

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A Dynamic Part Assignment Procedure in Machine Cell Formation (with Hamid Seifoddini), Computers & Industrial Engineering (1993)
A major contributing factor to the under utilization of machines in cellular manufacturing is the...
 

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The Production Data-Based Similarity Coefficient Versus Jaccard's Similarity Coefficient (with Hamid Seifoddini), Computers & Industrial Engineering (1991)
This paper compares the performance of Jaccard's similarity coefficient with the production data-based similarity coefficient....
 

Conference Proceedings

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A Computer-Based Economic Analysis for Manufacturing Process Selection, Proceedings of the 2008 IAJC-IJME International Conference: Nashville, TN (2008)
An important part of financial planning in product development is considering whether the capital expenditures...
 

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A Lean Approach to Manage a Capstone Senior Project Course, Proceedings of the 36th Annual IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference: San Diego, CA (2006)
The senior project course (IT461) in the Industrial Technology program at California Polytechnic State University...