• DocumentCode
    1300421
  • Title

    Performance evaluation of flexible manufacturing systems

  • Author

    Arbel, Ami ; Seidmann, Abraham

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Ind. Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    606
  • Lastpage
    617
  • Abstract
    A performance evaluation methodology for selecting flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) is described. Flexible manufacturing systems incorporate numerical control machines with robotic material-handling units working automatically under computer control. The relevant issues are addressed by a performance evaluation framework that treats both tangible and intangible decision factors. The analysis is carried out through the analytic hierarchical process. A real industrial application of the model is reported.
  • Keywords
    computerised materials handling; computerised numerical control; flexible manufacturing systems; industrial robots; analytic hierarchical process; computer control; decision factors; flexible manufacturing systems; industrial application; performance evaluation; robotic material-handling; selection; Computational modeling; Computer numerical control; Computers; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing; Production; Robots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9472
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TSMC.1984.6313332
  • Filename
    6313332