Due to increasing demand uncertainty and product variety, manufacturing systems must
continually adapt to maintain productivity. Generally, decision-makers can maintain flexibility …

As globalisation and competition grow rapidly, adopting a flexible manufacturing philosophy
becomes more critical for manufacturers. Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) is among …

The flexibility of production systems is becoming more and more important for manufacturers
facing various changes. As an effective way to increase the flexibility in a short time with a …

This paper proposes a new integration method for cell formation, group scheduling,
production, and preventive maintenance (PM) planning problems in a dynamic cellular …

Cellular manufacturing systems (CMS) are essential for achieving efficient production
processes, and their success relies on effective cell formation and layout design. This …

Shorter cellular manufacturing systems (CMSs) have emerged to cope with such production
requirements and have been implemented with favourable results. Designing and …

In this paper, a new mathematical model is presented for a cellular manufacturing system
into supply chain design with labor assignment. This paper considers important …

In today's globalization, the success of an industry is dependent on cost effective supply
chain management under various markets, logistics and production uncertainties …

Cell formation, as one of the most important decision problems in designing a cellular
manufacturing system, includes grou** machines in cells and the parts as part families. In …

Cloud computing is regarded as the fifth utility service and is the next generation of
computation. The computing resources can be dynamically allocated according to consumer …