Cellular manufacturing: applicability and system design

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dc.contributor.authorLeu, Yow-yuhen
dc.contributor.committeechairHuang, Philip Y.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMoore, Laurence J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRees, Loren P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRussell, Roberta S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSarin, Subhash C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberShapiro, Gerald W.en
dc.contributor.departmentAccounting and Information Systemsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:21:22Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-14en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:21:22Zen
dc.date.issued1991-08-07en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-14en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-14en
dc.description.abstractAs competition has intensified, many American manufacturers have sought alternatives to rejuvenate their production systems. Cellular manufacturing systems have received considerable interest from both academics and practitioners. This research examines three major issues in cellular manufacturing that have not been adequately addressed: applicability, structural design, and operational design. Applicability, in this study, is concerned with discerning the circumstances in which cellular manufacturing is the system of choice. The methodology employed is simulation and two experimental studies are conducted. The objective of Experiment I, a 2 x 3 x 3 factorial design, is to investigate the role of setup time and move time on system performance and to gain insight into why and how one layout could outperform another. The results of Experiment I suggest that move time is a significant factor for job shops and that workload variation needs to be reduced if the performance of cellular manufacturing is to be improved. Experiment II evaluates the impact of setup time reduction and operational standardization on the performance of cellular manufacturing. The results of Experiment II suggest that cellular manufacturing is preferred if the following conditions exist: (1) well balanced workload, (2) standardized products, (3) standardized operations, and (4) setup times independent from processing times.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentxii, 175 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10142005-135806en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10142005-135806/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39922en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1991.L482.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 24607107en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1991.L482en
dc.subject.lcshGroup technologyen
dc.subject.lcshProduction management -- Mathematical modelsen
dc.subject.lcshProduction schedulingen
dc.titleCellular manufacturing: applicability and system designen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineAccounting and Information Systemsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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