A Model for Dynamic Cellular Manufacturing System Based on Multi-functional Machines and Multi-skilled Operators
Luan Shi-chao
Jia Guo-zhu
Yi Xiao-lei
Kong Ji-li
Abstract：In a production environment of high variety and low volume, product mix and demand usually change under a multi-period planning horizon.The dynamic cellular manufacturing system ( DCMS ) is a well known strategy that typically improves manufacturing efficiency in sucha production environment.To implement DCMS successfully both technical issues ( cell formation and design, intercellular and intracel-lular material movements etc) and human issues ( salary, hiring and firing) need to be considered.An in-tegrated mixed-integer model is developed to comprehensively investigate and analyze cell formation, inter-cellular and intracellular materials handling, inventory and backorder holding, operators assignment and flexible production routing considering multi-production planning with multi-functional machines and multi-skilled operators where each period has different demands.The optimum of the numerical example is solved using a genetic algorithm and it proves the proposed model to be feasible and effective.
Keywords：high variety and low volumedynamic cellular manufacturingproduction planningmulti-skilled operators
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 112-118,145 )