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A Multi-Criteria Assessment of Manufacturing Cell Performance Using the AHP Method.

Authors :
Soltysova, Zuzana
Modrak, Vladimir
Nazarejova, Julia
Source :
Applied Sciences (2076-3417); Jan2022, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p854, 14p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Research of manufacturing cell design problems is still pertinent today, because new manufacturing strategies, such as mass customization, call for further improvement of the fundamental performance of cellular manufacturing systems. The main scope of this article is to find the optimal cell design(s) from alternative design(s) by multi-criteria evaluation. For this purpose, alternative design solutions are mutually compared by using the selected performance criteria, namely operational complexity, production line balancing rate, and makespan. Then, multi-criteria decision analysis based on the analytic hierarchy process method is used to show that two more-cell solutions better satisfy the determined criteria of manufacturing cell design performance than three less-cell solutions. The novelty of this research approach refers to the use of the modification of Saaty's scale for the comparison of alternatives in pairs based on the objective assessment of the designs. Its benefit lies in the exactly enumerated values of the selected criteria, according to which the points from the mentioned scale are assigned to the alternatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20763417
Volume :
12
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Applied Sciences (2076-3417)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
154803248
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/app12020854