Strategic Interpolative Design of Dynamic Manufacturing Systems Layouts

Benoit Montreuil and Uday Venkatadri
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Benoit Montreuil: Department of Operations and Decision Systems, Groupe de Recherche en Gestion de la Logistique, Faculty of Administration Sciences, Laval University, Québec, Québec, Canada
Uday Venkatadri: School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907

Management Science, 1991, vol. 37, issue 6, 682-694

Abstract: This paper presents a proactive strategic methodology for designing dynamic layouts for the expansion (or decline) phase of manufacturing systems. The methodology first estimates probable scenarios of the system requirements at its maturity level, strategically designs mature layouts given the set of scenarios, then tactically interpolates intermediate layouts, backward to the initial facilities plan. For manufacturing systems with rigid facilities, the paper provides a linear programming model sustaining this proactive strategic methodology. The model efficiently generates optimal layouts for all intermediate expansion phases given a goal layout for the final mature phase of the expansion plan, the phased cell sets, the phased flow and relationships sets, and various design constraints, for an array of objectives.

Keywords: facilities layout; facilities planning and design; layout dynamics; manufacturing strategy; modeling; linear programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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