Reducing Setup Time in Manufacturing Cells in a JIT Environment

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Setup time is a major issue in Just-in-time environments. Even with a cellular manufacturing configuration, reduction of setup time is not fully insured and needs to be explicitly targeted. We have introduced a mathematical programming model which would reduce sequence-dependent setup time in manufacturing cells. Since the BIP model is NP hard, a solution approach based on a Genetic Algorithm has been improvised.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 488-489)

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1134-1137

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March 2012

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© 2012 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved

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