Evaluation of Cell Formation Algorithms and Implementation of MOD-SLC Algorithm as An effective Cellular Manufacturing System in a Manufacturing Industry

Abstract

Benefits of cellular manufacturing system depend on major factors namely the design of machine cells and part family, setup time and method of operation. Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS) become a failure when these two factors are not properly employed. This work incorporates five array-based clustering algorithms namely Single linkage clustering method (SLC), Modified-Single Linkage Clustering method (MOD-SLC), Direct Clustering Analysis (DCA), Rank Order Clustering (ROC) and Rank Order Clustering-2 (ROC-2) for analyzing real time manufacturing delay with manufacturing cell formation. In the present study, Modified-Single Linkage Clustering (MOD-SLC) method outperforms

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Utilization-based grouping efficiency and multi-criteria decision approach in designing of manufacturing cells

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