Production Planning in Cellular Manufacturing

Formation of cells is an important aspect of cellular manufacturing systems. Once the cells are formed, production planning is the next core activity to realize the benefits of cells. Production planning is concerned with establishing production goals over the planning horizon. The main objective of production planning in any organization is to ensure that the desired products are manufactured at the right time, in the right quantities, meeting quality specifications at minimum cost. A lot of information is required to develop a production plan. This input can then be transformed, using planning tools and techniques, into desirable outputs, that is the production planning process can be conceived as a transformation process in an input—output system framework. Johnson and Montgomery (1974) advocated input—output concepts which are equally valid in a cellular manufacturing environment. These concepts are adopted here with suitable modifications where necessary.

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