Periodic Virtual Cell Manufacturing (P-VCM) - Concept, design and operation

This paper presents and discusses the concept of Periodic Virtual Cell Manufacturing (P-VCM). After giving an illustrative example of the operation and design complexity of a P-VCM system, we present an industrial case to study the applicability of the concept. The illustrative example and the industrial case indicate the context for which P-VCM is appropriate.

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