• Dr. Prafulla C. Kulkarni

The layout does affect the operational performance of manufacturing cells in a Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS), this issue has widely attracted attention of researchers for intercellular and intracellular layout problem but there are a limited research addressing the aspects of single row layout in CMS. The gist of literature is discussed in literature survey. Proper layout of manufacturing cells is a crucial factor in obtaining the desired effectiveness of CMS. Basically, any solution for the layout of CMS has to address two main issues: (a) location of manufacturing cells, (b) layout of machines within the cells. These two problems are referred as intercellular and intracellular layout problems, respectively. A comprehensive genetic algorithm based solution methodology is proposed for solving these layout problems in CMS. This paper discusses the intercellular layout problem initially. The mathematical formulation of the model and proposed genetic algorithm methodology are discussed. This methodology is extended for single row layout problems. The computational results are given for some of the single row layout problems. Numbers of problems from literature are solved and results are compared. Gist of the issue is given in the conclusion.

Cellular manufacturing, Intercellular layout, Genetic algorithm, Single row layout.

"GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR SINGLE ROW LAYOUT PROBLEMS IN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.d215-d223, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311326.pdf

"GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR SINGLE ROW LAYOUT PROBLEMS IN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppd215-d223, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311326.pdf