Manufacturing cell grouping using similarity coefficient-distance measure

The major contribution ofgroup technology (GT) to manufacturing facility is the grouping of similar parts into families which can be processed by groups of machines. Manufacturing cell grouping has the effect of reducing set-up, tooling and overall production costs, and hence is an important factor in production planning and control which affectsthe scheduling of manufacturing parts. This paper presents a method based on similarity coefficient-distance measure, and a pair-wise interchange for grouping machines and parts. The method which is simple to comprehend by practitioners involved in manufacturing systems layout is compared with other procedures using some performance measures.

Keywords:

• Group Technology
• Cell Grouping
• Cellular Manufacturing Systems
• Similarity Coefficient-distance Metric