The current manufacturing environment aims at getting an increasing variety of customised,
high-quality products in flexible batches. The dynamic market demand, the short product …

This paper reviews the breadth of complexity of the design process, products,
manufacturing, and business. Manufacturing is facing unprecedented challenges due to …

Now in Its Fourth Edition: Your Guide to Successful Facility Design Overcome design and
planning problems using the fourth edition of Facilities Design. Dedicated to the proper …

Layout problems are found in several types of manufacturing systems. Typically, layout
problems are related to the location of facilities (eg, machines, departments) in a plant. They …

Product family design and platform-based product development has received much attention
over the last decade. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art …

This paper provides a literature review and an analysis of the studies related to workforce
reconfiguration strategies as a part of workforce planning for various production …

In this paper, general requirements of next generation manufacturing systems are
discussed, and the strategies to meet these requirements are considered. The production …

The evolution of supply chain management, such as green supply chain and sustainable
supply chain implementation in the industry, has been a great momentum over the past two …

The layout is an important issue in the design of manufacturing systems. In conventional
systems, the layout rarely changes after the initial design. However, as the market demands …

In this paper we review research that has been done to address cellular manufacturing
under conditions of multi-period planning horizons, with demand and resource uncertainties …