Author : Mayuresh Kutte and Keshav Valase

It has always been a vital issue for any manufacturing organization to optimize the shop layouts, with the inclination of industries towards cellular layout. Cell design is a critical aspect to handle as most of the future planning depends on this parameter. Much of the research is carried out on an arbitrary data leading to disparity with real time situations. In this paper, an attempt is made to compare various hierarchical clustering methods for a batch type setup.

Keywords: Similarity co-efficient, Hierarchical clustering, Cell formation algorithm, Performance measures, Group efficiency, Group efficacy.

Article published in International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, Vol.5, No.2 (April-2015)