A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems

Cell load variation is considered a significant shortcoming in scheduling of cellular manufacturing systems. In this article, a new method is proposed for scheduling dynamic cellular manufacturing systems in the presence of bottleneck and parallel machines. The aim of this method is to control cell...

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Main Authors: Delgoshaei, Aidin, Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol, Baharudin, Btht Hang Tuah, Leman, Zulkiflle
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Language:English
Published: Growing Science 2016
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54877/1/A%20new%20method%20for%20decreasing%20cell-load%20variation%20in%20dynamic%20cellular%20manufacturing%20.pdf
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author Delgoshaei, Aidin
Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol
Baharudin, Btht Hang Tuah
Leman, Zulkiflle
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Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol
Baharudin, Btht Hang Tuah
Leman, Zulkiflle
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description Cell load variation is considered a significant shortcoming in scheduling of cellular manufacturing systems. In this article, a new method is proposed for scheduling dynamic cellular manufacturing systems in the presence of bottleneck and parallel machines. The aim of this method is to control cell load variation during the process of determining the best trading off values between in-house manufacturing and outsourcing. A genetic algorithm (GA) is developed because of the high potential of trapping in the local optima, and results are compared with the results of LINGO® 12.0 software. The Taguchi method (an L_9 orthogonal optimization) is used to estimate parameters of GA in order to solve experiments derived from literature. An in-depth analysis is conducted on the results in consideration of various factors, and control charts are used on machine-load variation. Our findings indicate that the dynamic condition of product demands affects the routing of product parts and may induce machine-load variations that yield to cell-load diversity. An increase in product uncertainty level causes the loading level of each cell to vary, which in turn results in the development of “complex dummy sub-cells”. The effect of the complex sub-cells is measured using another mathematical index. The results showed that the proposed GA can provide solutions with limited cell-load variations.
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spelling upm-548772018-05-28T07:33:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54877/ A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems Delgoshaei, Aidin Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Baharudin, Btht Hang Tuah Leman, Zulkiflle Cell load variation is considered a significant shortcoming in scheduling of cellular manufacturing systems. In this article, a new method is proposed for scheduling dynamic cellular manufacturing systems in the presence of bottleneck and parallel machines. The aim of this method is to control cell load variation during the process of determining the best trading off values between in-house manufacturing and outsourcing. A genetic algorithm (GA) is developed because of the high potential of trapping in the local optima, and results are compared with the results of LINGO® 12.0 software. The Taguchi method (an L_9 orthogonal optimization) is used to estimate parameters of GA in order to solve experiments derived from literature. An in-depth analysis is conducted on the results in consideration of various factors, and control charts are used on machine-load variation. Our findings indicate that the dynamic condition of product demands affects the routing of product parts and may induce machine-load variations that yield to cell-load diversity. An increase in product uncertainty level causes the loading level of each cell to vary, which in turn results in the development of “complex dummy sub-cells”. The effect of the complex sub-cells is measured using another mathematical index. The results showed that the proposed GA can provide solutions with limited cell-load variations. Growing Science 2016 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54877/1/A%20new%20method%20for%20decreasing%20cell-load%20variation%20in%20dynamic%20cellular%20manufacturing%20.pdf Delgoshaei, Aidin and Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol and Baharudin, Btht Hang Tuah and Leman, Zulkiflle (2016) A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 7 (1). pp. 83-110. ISSN 1923-2926; ESSN: 1923-2934 10.5267/j.ijiec.2015.7.004
spellingShingle Delgoshaei, Aidin
Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol
Baharudin, Btht Hang Tuah
Leman, Zulkiflle
A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems
title A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems
title_full A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems
title_fullStr A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems
title_full_unstemmed A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems
title_short A new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems
title_sort new method for decreasing cell-load variation in dynamic cellular manufacturing systems
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54877/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54877/1/A%20new%20method%20for%20decreasing%20cell-load%20variation%20in%20dynamic%20cellular%20manufacturing%20.pdf