Abstract :

A manufacturing system's production cost is affected by its configuration, which in turn defines the material flow pattern. The setup becomes more difficult due to the wide variety of goods and the ever-increasing need for adaptability in the systems. In this study, we offer an operation-based method for assessing a manufacturing system's degree of configuration complexity. Complexity models for station configurations are constructed using a combination of sequential and parallel procedures. The information entropy is then utilized to evaluate the configuration complexity of a manufacturing system that is based on a model of the whole system's operations. Then, a quantitative description of the connection between operations and stations' degrees of complexity is provided.