Title: To find the suitability of CMS in Indian industries in comparison of other manufacturing system using AHP technique

Authors: Sanjay Kumar; Vasdev Malhotra; Vikas Kumar

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, YMCAUST Faridabad (HR), Opp. Sanjay Memorial Industrial Estate, Mathura Rd, Sector 6, Faridabad, Haryana 121006, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, YMCAUST Faridabad (HR), Opp. Sanjay Memorial Industrial Estate, Mathura Rd, Sector 6, Faridabad, Haryana 121006, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, YMCAUST Faridabad (HR), Opp. Sanjay Memorial Industrial Estate, Mathura Rd, Sector 6, Faridabad, Haryana 121006, India

Abstract: The cellular manufacturing (CM) is a well known manufacturing technology that helps to improve manufacturing flexibility and productivity by maximum utilisation of available resources. Cellular manufacturing (CM) has been derived as a strong tool for increasing production in batches and job shop production. In cellular manufacturing, similar machines are grouped in machine cells and same processing parts are gathered in part families. In this paper factors of CMS are identified through AHP technique. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is a theory of measurement through pairwise comparisons and depends on the decision of experts to find out priority scales. The derived priority scales are synthesised by multiplying them by the priority of their parent nodes and adding for all such nodes. In this paper, a decision-making model is being proposed for CMS evaluation and selection. This strategic decision-making model is based on both hypothetical and factual criteria and uses the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) approach.

Keywords: analytic hierarchy process; AHP; cellular manufacturing system; CMS.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2020.107937

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, 2020 Vol.10 No.3, pp.367 - 381

Received: 09 Jun 2017
Accepted: 11 Apr 2018
Published online: 01 Jul 2020 *

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