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A Study of Labor Allocation Strategies in Cellular Manufacturing
Author(s) -
Russell Roberta S.,
Huang Philip Y.,
Leu Yowyuh
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1991.tb01283.x
Subject(s) - cellular manufacturing , flexibility (engineering) , scheduling (production processes) , resource allocation , computer science , operations research , industrial organization , product (mathematics) , group technology , resource (disambiguation) , business , operations management , economics , marketing , engineering , computer network , management , mathematics , geometry
Current research studies in cellular manufacturing have considered environments constrained only by the machine resource, when in fact the flexibility of manufacturing cells is derived mainly from its allocation of the labor resource. This research specifically examines the labor resource in cellular manufacturing, also known as group technology (GT), through a series of simulation experiments on a hypothetical GT shop and recommends conditions under which different labor allocation strategies may be appropriate. The effects of various product routings and scheduling policies on labor allocation are also examined.