A Novel Approach for Material Handling-Driven Facility Layout

Adem Erik and Yusuf Kuvvetli ()
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Adem Erik: Project Office, Tarsus University, Takbaş Mahallesi Kartaltepe Sokak, 33400 Mersin, Turkey
Yusuf Kuvvetli: Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Çukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey

Mathematics, 2024, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-37

Abstract: Material handling is a widely used process in manufacturing and is generally considered a non-value-added process. The Dynamic Facility Layout Problem (DFLP) considered in this paper minimizes the total material handling and re-arrangement cost. In this study, an integrated DFLP model with unequal facility areas, assignment of material handling devices (MHD), and flexible bay structure (FBS) is considered, and it is aimed to propose fast solution approaches. Two different solution methods are proposed for the problem, which are the genetic algorithm and the simulated annealing algorithm, respectively. In both methods, a non-linear mathematical model solution was used to calculate the fitness values. Thus, the solutions in the feasible solution space are utilized. The proposed solution approaches were applied to solve four problems published in the literature. The computational experiments have validated the effectiveness of the algorithms and the quality of solutions produced.

Keywords: dynamic facility layout problem; genetic algorithm; simulated annealing; flexible bay structure; mixed integer non-linear programming; hybrid heuristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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