TY - JOUR
T1 - A facility layout method for flexible manufacturing systems
AU - Das, S. K.
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Industrial practice in FMS layout is not well documented. Layouts are typically developed by the vendor supplying the system hardware (e.g. Cincinnati-Milacron, Kearney & Trecker). The methods and specific objectives used in developing these layouts are not commonly known. Possible objectives include: ensuring the easy accessibility of all equipment, efficient and non-congestive material flow patterns, minimal flow time or cost between cells, easy cell load/unload, easy laying of Received June 1992. t AssistantProfessor& BectonDickinsonFellowofManufacturing,Divisionoflndustrial& Management Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA • This research was supported in part by a fellowship grant from the Becton Dickinson Foundation, Franklin Lakes, NJ.
PY - 1993/2
Y1 - 1993/2
N2 - This facility layout of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) involves the positioning of cells within given boundaries, so as to minimize the total projected travel time between cells. Defining the layout includes specifying the spatial coordinates of each cell, its orientation in either a horizontal or vertical position, and the location of its load/unload point. We refer to this problem as the FMS facility layout problem (FLP). In this paper we present a four-step heuristic methodology for solving the FLP. This heuristic combines variable partitioning and integer programming methods to generate an open field type of layout.
AB - This facility layout of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) involves the positioning of cells within given boundaries, so as to minimize the total projected travel time between cells. Defining the layout includes specifying the spatial coordinates of each cell, its orientation in either a horizontal or vertical position, and the location of its load/unload point. We refer to this problem as the FMS facility layout problem (FLP). In this paper we present a four-step heuristic methodology for solving the FLP. This heuristic combines variable partitioning and integer programming methods to generate an open field type of layout.
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U2 - 10.1080/00207549308956725
DO - 10.1080/00207549308956725
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027544784
SN - 0020-7543
VL - 31
SP - 279
EP - 297
JO - International Journal of Production Research
JF - International Journal of Production Research
IS - 2
ER -