Nomden, Gert; van der Zee, Durk-Jouke - In: International Journal of Production Economics 112 (2008) 1, pp. 439-451
Virtual cellular manufacturing (VCM) creates groups of products and machines in the production planning and control system. Similar groupings may help to reduce set-up times. Starting from two industrial cases, we study parallel machine shops assuming the implementation of VCM. We address the...