Operations and Supply Chain Management The Core

MANUFACTURING PROCESSES chapter 6 177
Development of Manufacturing Cell
exhibit 6.4
A. Original workcenter layout
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Source: Adapted from D. Fogarty and T. Hoffman, Production and Inventory Management (Cincinnati: South-Western Publishing, 1983), p. 472.
B. Routing matrix based on flow of parts
Raw
Materials
Part
Heat
Gear
Family Lathes Mills Drills Treating Grinders Cutting To
Assembly
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C. Reallocating machines to form cells according to part family processing requirements
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