2. Manufacturing cells was constructed using Rank
Order Clustering (ROC), a cell formation tech
nique developed by King (1980).
3. Physical layout of machines (intra-cell) and cells
(inter-cell) were developed by means of powerful
and well known CRAFT algorithm, which is the
basis for many computer-aided layout programs.
4. New manufacturing system was modeled and ana
lyzed to determine the system performance ac
cording to predetermined performance measures.
5. Functional and GT layouts were compared.