ABSTRACT
Cellular Manufacturing (CM) is a strategy to reform job shop production system that attempts to break up a job shop into several self-sufficient production units called “cells”. The implementation of a Cellular Layout is the foundation for implementing Job Shop Lean in any job shop or similar high-mix low-volume Make-To-Order manufacturing facility. This chapter focuses on teaching how to transform the existing layout of a multi-product multi-machine job shop from a Process Layout into a Cellular Layout. Some of the major steps in the implementation of a CM System. The two facility layouts were produced by Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit and STORM, respectively, cannot be edited. Both layouts were generated using a heuristic optimization algorithm. The conversion from a Process Layout to a Cellular Layout does not eliminate the complexity of the Job Shop Scheduling Problem. The fundamental premise of Job Shop Lean is that a Cellular Layout is always going to perform better than a Process Layout.
