Open AccessGroup Technology for Optimizing Manufacturing Facility Layout
Author(s) -
Nguyễn Văn Thành,
Nguyen Thai Nguyet Thanh,
Nguyen Viet Tinh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
arrus journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2807-3045
pISSN - 2776-7914
DOI - 10.35877/jetech512
Subject(s) - group technology , cellular manufacturing , flexibility (engineering) , factory (object oriented programming) , popularity , manufacturing engineering , production (economics) , computer science , production line , industrial engineering , engineering , mathematics , mechanical engineering , economics , psychology , social psychology , statistics , macroeconomics , programming language
In recent years, the process of cellular manufacturing and group technology have received a lot of attention and popularity in many developed countries. By applying Group Technology (GT), many benefits of flow-line production can be attained in a batch production system. GT improves material handling significantly by reducing material flow time, distance, and setup times. In this paper, an earnest investigative attempt was made to provide valuable information regarding the use of Group Technology by applying to a real world jobshop system. The proposed GT model has the flexibility of choosing the number of cells required, which is very useful in examining different manufacturing cell configurations; or in case the workshop or factory prefers a certain number of work cells. The GT model results were found satisfactory and superior to other techniques in some cases.