Designing a cellular manufacturing system as a step toward creating sustainable cells under uncertain demand condition

作     者：Almasarwah, Najat Abdelall, Esraa Bhutta, Mohammed Khurrum S. Saraireh, Mohammad 

作者机构：Department of Industrial Systems Engineering Mutah University Alkarak 61710 Jordan Industrial Engineering Department Jordan University of Science and Technology P.O. Box 3030 Irbid 22110 Jordan Department of Management College of Business Ohio University Athens 45701 OH United States Department of Computer Engineering Mutah University Alkarak 61710 Jordan 

出 版 物：《Journal of Remanufacturing》 (J. Remanuf.)

年 卷 期：2025年第15卷第1期

页      面：151-177页

主　　题：Designing a cellular manufacturing system as a step toward creating sustainable cells Flexible cells Nonlinear mathematical model Simulation Stochastic demand 

摘      要：This paper focuses on designing a cellular manufacturing system as a step toward creating sustainable cells. The proposed design aims to manufacture final products and remanufacture the returned products to diminish waste, where the return rate for each product is known. Firstly, the product families are formed using the uncapacitated mathematical model. Secondly, a nonlinear stochastic mathematical model is utilized for the propounded design as a step toward creating sustainable cells, where machine duplications are allowed. Besides, a simulation model is developed to handle the uncertainty in demand. Further, the performance of the proposed design with flexible cells is compared to regular cells. The results explain the ability of the proposed design to minimize the total number of machines. Furthermore, allowing machine duplication in the proposed design enhances the system flexibility;thus, machine breakdown will not impact system performance. The total number of machines required to cover the demand increases as the risk level of demand cover decreases. Therefore, the average waiting time and average work in process increase. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2025.