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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report the findings of a survey study of 32 U.S. firms involved with cellular manufacturing, including the reasons for establishing cells, benefits achieved, types and sizes of cells, extent of cellularization in the plants, methods used to design the cells, changes to planning and control systems, labour-related issues and important experiences gained by the companies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report on a survey study of plants involved with cellular manufacturing, including reasons for establishing them, types of operations performed in the cells, problems faced and lessons learned during implementation, and achieved performance improvements.

TL;DR: In this paper, a framework for cell formation is proposed based on the fundamental ways part families and machine groups are identified and matched within the cell formation process, which can be used to classify descriptive and analytic procedures for the part family/machine group identification problem found in the literature.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify a large number of research topics related to cellular manufacturing, discuss the need for their investigation, and suggest appropriate methodologies for their study, and conclude that cellular manufacturing is an area with many researchable issues, spanning several academic disciplines, and requiring a multitude of research methodologies.

TL;DR: In this paper, a taxonomy of the characteristics of the system/customer interface (direct, indirect, or no customer contact) and the attributes of the service process (rigid or fluid service processes) is presented.