A New Combined Framework for the Cellular Manufacturing Systems Design

Faouzi Masmoudi (1) , Wafik Hachicha (1) , Mohamed Haddar (1)

1 U2MP - Unité Modélisation, Mécanique et Production

Cellular Manufacturing (CM) system has been recognized as an efficient and effective way to improve productivity in a factory. In recent years, there have been continuous research efforts to study different facet of CM system. The literature does not contain much published research on CM design which includes all design aspects. In this paper we provide a framework for the complete CM system design. It combines Axiomatic Design (AD) and Experimental Design (ED) to generate several feasible and potentially profitable designs. The AD approach is used as the basis for establishing a systematic CM systems design structure. ED has been a very useful tool to design and analyze complicated industrial design problems. AD helps secure valid input-factors to the ED. An element of the proposed framework is desmontrate through a numerical example for cell formation with alternative process.

Keywords: Cellular manufacturing; Design methodology Axiomatic Design; Experimental Design.; Experimental Design

Domains: Business administration; Methods and statistics; Chemical and Process Engineering; Statistics Theory [stat.TH]

Faouzi Masmoudi, Wafik Hachicha, Mohamed Haddar. A New Combined Framework for the Cellular Manufacturing Systems Design. The 2008 International Conference of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management, Jun 2008, London, United Kingdom. ⟨halshs-00325336⟩