Doctoral Dissertations

Abstract

“A methodology that provides a systematic approach to the design of Cellular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) is developed. The states in the system design process are established, methods and tools to be used for each stage are identified, and transition criteria for progressing from one state to the next are established. The methodology, intended for use by engineers and managers, is based on six design axioms: (1) top-down system definition followed by bottom-up specification, (2) simplification followed by integration, (3) alternative generation, (4) iterative refinement, (5) holistic evaluation, and (6) inseparable documentation and specification. The system design effort is broken into four phase -- analysis, conceptual design, embodiment design, and detailed design. Te main focus of this research effort has been on the development of a five-stage approach for the embodiment design phase. In this phase, the abstract concepts, formed in the conceptual design phase, are developed and refined into concrete proposals. An action/case study approach is used for evaluating the usefulness of the proposed CMS design methodology. This evaluation method required the methodology’s application, using real-life data, in here in-depth case scenarios, with varying levels of complexity, from industry and academia. In all cases, the rapid generation and timely evaluation of good CMS design alternatives was facilitated by the use of the methodology”--Abstract, page iii.

Advisor(s)

Yildirim Omurtag
Colin Othniel Benjamin

Committee Member(s)

Raymond Michael Kluczny
Stephen A. Raper
A. Chukwujekwu (Anthony Chukwujekwu) Okafor

Department(s)

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Degree Name

Ph. D. in Engineering Management

Comments

Two plates, folded in the back pocket of the manuscript, are provided here as supplemental files. Due to their large size, these files may take more time to download.

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Publication Date

Summer 1992

Pagination

xii, 178 pages, 2 plates

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-177).

Rights

© 1992 Lorace Learmond Massay, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Dissertation - Restricted Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Thesis Number

T 6460

Print OCLC #

27857983

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