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Table 6 Objective function value and its cost components for the first example

From: Solving a mathematical model integrating unequal-area facilities layout and part scheduling in a cellular manufacturing system by a genetic algorithm

Cost

Value

Sequential approach

Concurrent approach

Improvement by concurrent approach

Factory costs × C max

25 × 48.5 = 1212.5

25 × 41.5 = 1037.5

175 (16.7 %)

Tardiness penalty

25.5

6

19.5 (325 %)

Material handling

54.5

91.5

−37 (67.9 %)

Total (OFV)

1292.5

1135

157.5 (13.9 %)