Design of manufacturing cells: strategy, software and performance measurement

Projeto de células de manufatura: estratégia, software e medida de desempenho

Abstract

This paper deals with design of manufacturing cells and addresses the following issues: a) strategy and its importance in the context of manufacturing cells; b) use of STORM software for the design of manufacturing cells; c) discuss parameters related to performance measurements and propose some indexes for their measurement. Finally, it presents comments and results of the application of manufacturing cells in American industry.

manufacturing cells; strategy; performance measurement; software STORM; production flow analysis