Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a perspective of computer-aided material...

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

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

paper-based data management can be a bottleneck, slowing factory-wide information transfer. This study explores the...

The performance of cellular manufacturing (CM) systems in a variable demand and flexible workforce environment...

Quality index (QI) has been proposed as a screening mechanism for machine-part matrices in the...

Many studies and reports support the significant impact of the application of group technology on...

In this paper the application of parametric programming to CNC machining is discussed. As one...

One of the underlying assumptions in cellular manufacturing is that product mix is relatively stable...

The superiority of cellular manufacturing to job shop manufacturing has been questioned by a number...

In this paper, performance measures such as mean flow time and work-in-process inventories will be...

In this paper, a simple dynamic part assignment (DPA) procedure is introduced and its effects...

The machine-component matrix is the main input to most machine-component grouping models used in cellular...

Simulation modeling is employed to determine the effectiveness of quality index in screening machine-part matrices...

In this paper, two types of similarity coefficients are compared: (1) the Jaccard's coefficient and...

Group efficiency measures have been developed to evaluate machine-component charts for the formation of cellular...

A major contributing factor to the under utilization of machines in cellular manufacturing is the...

This paper compares the performance of Jaccard's similarity coefficient with the production data-based similarity coefficient....

Decision on selecting a material or process for a particular product is a common task...

An important part of financial planning in product development is considering whether the capital expenditures...

The senior project course (IT461) in the Industrial Technology program at California Polytechnic State University...

Mandated use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on goods at pallet, case and item level...