A Heuristic Scheduling Algorithm for Minimizing Makespan and Idle Time in a Nagare Cell

Adopting a focused factory is a powerful approach for today manufacturing enterprise. This paper introduces the basic manufacturing concept for a struggling manufacturer with limited conventional resources, providing an alternative solution to cell scheduling by implementing the technique of Nagare...

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Main Authors: M. Muthukumaran, S. Muthu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/895463