MULTI-CRITERIA GREY RELATIONAL APPROACH TO EVALUATING RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING CONFIGURATIONS

Authors

  • Ateekh Ur Rehman Rehman Department of Industrial Engineering Raytheon Chair for Systems Engineering (RCSE Chair), Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7166/28-1-1681

Keywords:

manufacturing configurations, reconfiguration, simulation, ProModel, decision-making

Abstract

In response to highly dynamic markets, manufacturing industries need alternative feasible manufacturing strategies. The strategy currently adopted is to reconfigure the existing manufacturing system. The conditions to reconfigure existing configurations change from time to time. An attempt is made to identify and apply an approach to evaluate these configurations. The paper proposes a grey relational decision-making approach. The approach takes into account multiple performance measures. The ProModel 6.2 simulation platform is adopted to examine the performance of each feasible alternative manufacturing configuration. 

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Author Biography

Ateekh Ur Rehman Rehman, Department of Industrial Engineering Raytheon Chair for Systems Engineering (RCSE Chair), Advanced Manufacturing Institute, King Saud University

Industrial Engineering Department

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Published

2017-05-26

How to Cite

Rehman, A. U. R. (2017). MULTI-CRITERIA GREY RELATIONAL APPROACH TO EVALUATING RECONFIGURABLE MANUFACTURING CONFIGURATIONS. The South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 28(1), 36–46. https://doi.org/10.7166/28-1-1681

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 1 (2017)

Section

General Articles

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