Developing a Heuristic Model To Solve Cell Formation Problem In Cellular Manufacturing

  Gagan Pansare,  Dr. Archana Nema

In this work a new Heuristic Model has been developed to solve Cell Formation Problem in Cellular manufacturing. A mathematical model has been developed to count actual intercellular movements. Operation Sequence & Production Volume taken as a criterion for forming the cell. A performance measure is used after some modification on existing method of Nair &Narendran model (1998).The work is going to generate an algorithm for optimal number of Cells calculation.The number of machines & number of parts are taken as criteria for the calculation of number of Cells to be form for given production plan. Between an upper and lower limit on number of Cells Form is use to restrict the unwanted cell configuration and increase the efficiency of Model. The Best Cell configuration select on the bases of minimum Intercellular Movement which also turn cut the Material Handling cost. So for all size (small medium & large) problems, proposed Model can be use to get the real number of inter-cell movement and number of cells calculation on the bases of given Production plan.

Keywords- CMS, CF,GE, GT, ICM, PMIM, PV.Cellular manufacturing system, cell formation,Grouping efficiency, Group technology, inter-cellular movement,, Part machine Incidence Matrix,,production Volume.

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1701050
Page Number(s) - 323-330
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 1 | February 2017
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Gagan Pansare,  Dr. Archana Nema,   "Developing a Heuristic Model To Solve Cell Formation Problem In Cellular Manufacturing", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 1, pp.323-330, February 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1701050.pdf