Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

OMEGA: International Journal of Management Science

Volume

23

Issue

4

Publisher

Elsevier

First Page

443

Last Page

452

Publication Date

1995

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Abstract

Previous research has shown that the formation of temporary, logical manufacturing cells in a job shop, overcomes problems of high setup frequency typically found in job shops. In addition, this form of cellular configuration is more flexible than tranditional, group technology based cellular configurations. This research demonstrates that an added benefit of a dynamic cellular configuration is that it simplifies production scheduling, eliminating the need for more complex dispatching rules. In particular, it eliminates the need for further setup reduction when scheduling parts from the same family. Improvements in performance when employing setup reduction are shown to occur only when the premium associated with intra-family setup reduction is very high, and are attributable to reductions in flow time variance.

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