Operations management research and cellular manufacturing systems innovative methods and approaches /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Modrak, Vladimir, 1957-, Pandian, R. Sudhakara, 1977-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Production management.; Manufacturing cells.; Operations research.; Cluster analysis for cell formation; Connected cellular systems; Disconnected cellular systems; Flexible manufacturing cells; Flow stop scheduling problems; Genetic and hybrid algorithms; Cell formation; Graph theory; Design of manufacturing cells; Lean thinking based investment planning; Non-traditional optimization algorithms; Operator assignment decisions; Petri Net models
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"This book presents advancements in the field of operations management, focusing specifically on topics related to layout design for manufacturing environments"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Developments in modern operations management and cellular manufacturing / Vladimír Modrák and Pavol Semanco
• 2. Decision support framework for the selection of a layout type / Jannes Slomp and Jos A.C. Bokhorst
• 3. Comparison of connected vs. disconnected cellular systems: a case study / Gürsel A. Süer and Royston Lobo
• 4. Design of manufacturing cells based on graph theory / José Francisco Ferreira Ribeiro
• 5. Genetic vs. hybrid algorithm in process of cell formation / R. Sudhakra Pandian, Pavol Semanco and Peter Knuth
• 6. Design of cellular manufacturing system using non-traditional optimization algorithms / P.Venkumar and K.Chandra Sekar
• 7. Similarity-based cluster analysis for the cell formation problem / Riccardo Manzini, Riccardo Accorsi and Marco Bortolini
• 8. An estimation of distribution algorithm for part cell formation problem / Saber Ibrahim, Bassem Jarboui and Abdelwaheb Rebaï
• 9. Cellular or functional layout? / Abdessalem Jerbi and Hédi Chtourou
• 10. Cell loading and family scheduling for jobs with individual due dates / Gürsel A. Süer and Emre M. Mese
• 11. Production planning models using Max-Plus algebra / Arun N. Nambiar, Aleksey Imaev, Robert P. Judd and Hector J. Carlo
• 12. Operator assignment decisions in a highly dynamic cellular environment / Gürsel A. Süer and Omar Alhawari
• 13. Alternative heuristic algorithm for flow shop scheduling problem / Vladimír Modrák, R. Sudhakra Pandian and Pavol Semanco
• 14. Optimization and mathematical programming to design and planning issues in cellular manufacturing systems under uncertain situations / Vahidreza Ghezavati ... [et al.]
• 15. Planning process families with PROGRES / Linda L. Zhang
• 16. Lean thinking based investment planning at design stage of cellular/hybrid manufacturing systems / M. Bulent Durmusoglu and Goksu Kaya
• 17. Performance comparison of cellular manufacturing configurations in different demand profiles / Paolo Renna and Michele Ambrico
• 18. Petri Net model based design and control of robotic manufacturing cells / Gen'ichi Yasuda
• 19. Equipment replacement decisions models with the context of flexible manufacturing cells / Ioan Constantin Dima, Janusz Grabara and Mária Nowicka-Skowron
• 20. Multi-modal assembly-support system for cellular manufacturing / Feng Duan ... [et al.].