Title :
Performance evaluation of flexible manufacturing systems
Author :
Arbel, Ami ; Seidmann, Abraham
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel
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;
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TSMC.1984.6313332
