Design of cellular manufacturing systems: An invited review
European Journal of Operational ResearchPublished 1 September 1993
N. Singh
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A concise review of the literature on cell formation aspects of design of cellular manufacturing systems and the usefulness and limitations of existing approaches are identified.
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In this paper we provide a concise review of the literature on cell formation aspects of design of cellular manufacturing systems. The usefulness and limitations of existing approaches are identified. Future research directions are explored considering manufacturing requirements.
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