Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   1. Group Technology & Cellular Manufacturing: Updated Perspectives

      • N. C. Suresh, J. M. Kay

      Pages 1-14

3. Product Design

   1. Group Technology, Concurrent Engineering and Design for Manufacture and Assembly

      • W. A. Knight

      Pages 15-36

   2. Classification and Coding Systems: Industry Implementation & Non-Traditional Applications

      • C. T. Mosier

      Pages 37-57

   3. Part Family Identification: The Role of Engineering Data Bases

      • R. E. Billo, B. Bidanda

      Pages 58-76

   4. Part Family Formation and Classification Using Machine Learning Techniques

      • Y. B. Moon

      Pages 77-92

4. Process Planning

   1. GT and CAPP: Towards An Integration of Variant and Generative Approaches

      • D. N. Sormaz

      Pages 93-111

   2. GT and Computer Aided Process Planning: Observations on Past, Present & Future

      • J. Nolen, C. Lyman-Cordes

      Pages 112-129

5. Design of Cellular Layouts: Part-Machine-Labor Grouping

   1. Part-Machine-Labor Grouping: The Problem and Solution Methods

      • S. M. Shafer

      Pages 131-152

   2. Design of Manufacturing Cells: PFA Applications in Dutch Industry

      • J. Slomp

      Pages 153-168

   3. Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Models: New Tools for Part-Machine Grouping

      • V. Venugopal

      Pages 169-184

   4. Cell Formation Using Genetic Algorithms

      • J. A. Joines, R. E. King, C. T. Culbreth

      Pages 185-204

   5. A Bi-Chromosome Genetic Algorithm For Minimizing Intercell and Intracell Moves

      • C. H. Cheng, W. H. Lee, J. Miltenburg

      Pages 205-219

6. Design of Cellular Layouts: Use of Analytical and Simulation Models

   1. Design / Analysis of Manufacturing Systems: A Business Process Approach

      • N. Viswanadham, Y. Narahari, N. R. S. Raghavan

      Pages 221-238

   2. Cellular Manufacturing Feasibility at Ingersoll Cutting Tool Co.

      • D. J. Johnson, U. Wemmerlöv

      Pages 239-254

   3. A Decision Support System for Designing Assembly Cells in Apparel Industry

      • M. Kalta, T. Lowe, D. Tyler

      Pages 255-272

   4. Evaluation of Functional and Cellular Layouts Through Simulation and Analytical Models

      • N. C. Suresh

      Pages 273-288

7. Operation Planning and Control

   1. Production Planning and Control Systems For Cellular Manufacturing

      • J. Riezebos, G. Shambu, N. C. Suresh

      Pages 289-308

   2. Period Batch Control Systems For Cellular Manufacturing

      • D. C. Steele

      Pages 309-320

   3. Scheduling Rules For Cellular Manufacturing

      • F. Mahmoodi, C. T. Mosier

      Pages 321-338

Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing (GT/CM) have been widely-researched areas in the past 15 years and much progress has been made in all branches of GT/CM. Resulting from this research activity has been a proliferation of techniques for part-machine grouping, engineering data bases, expert system-based design methods for identifying part families, new analytical and simulation tools for evaluating performance of cells, new types of cell incorporating robotics and flexible automation, team-based approaches for organizing the work force and much more; however, the field lacks a careful compilation of this research and its outcomes. The editors of this book have commissioned leading researchers and implementers to prepare specific treatments of topics for their special areas of expertise in this broad-based philosophy of manufacturing. The editors have sought to be global both in coverage of topic matters and contributors.
Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing addresses the needs and interests of three groups of individuals in the manufacturing field: academic researchers, industry practitioners, and students. (1) The book provides an up-to-date perspective, incorporating the advances made in GT/CM during the past 15 years. As a natural extension to this research, it synthesizes the latest industry practices and outcomes to guide research to greater real-world relevance. (2) The book makes clear the foundations of GT/CM from the core elements of new developments which are aimed at reducing developmental and manufacturing lead times, costs, and at improving business quality and performance. (3) Finally, the book can be used as a textbook for graduate students in engineering and management for studying the field of Group Technology and Cellular Manufacturing.

• Manufacturing
• Simulation
• control
• design
• product design
• quality

• School of Management, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA

  Nallan C. Suresh

• School of Industrial and Manufacturing Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, UK

  John M. Kay

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