Madhusudanan-Pillai et al. (2011) solved their proposed robust layout design model using SA in DFLP.
The application of suggested model for robust layout to cellular layouts has given better results compared to the robust cellular layout model of literature.
TPC values indicate that the suggested layout is suitable as robust layout for the given data sets.
Hence, in a static distributed layout, machine allocation is optimized to provide a robust layout which remains unchanged for the entire planning horizon.
Madhusudanan-Pillai et al. (2011) proposed a SA algorithm to solve their robust layout design model, which is termed MP-SA hereafter.
The Total Penalty Cost (TPC) is used to test the suitability of the suggested layout to be a robust layout for the given data set.
Starting with the reliability limitations normally observed for wide metal tracks, conclusions regarding the requirements for robust layout techniques will be drawn.
On the other hand the robust layout approach, assumes that rearrangement and production interruption costs are too high and hence, tries to minimize the total material handling costs in all periods using a single layout.
We propose an approach to design a robust layout in a context where the certainty of the information available decreases over time, which is usually the case for real applications.
The Los Angeles Kings are one of those teams that survived an overhaul of their color scheme, abandoning the purple and gold, LA Lakers look (they were both owned by Jack Kent Cooke when the Kings came to the NHL in 1967) for a somewhat clichéd but more robust Raiders layout in 1988.
