Simultaneous formation of machine and human cells in group technology: A multiple objective approach

Simultaneous formation of machine and human cells in group technology: A multiple objective approach

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Article ID: iaor1994527
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 31
Issue: 10
Start Page Number: 2307
End Page Number: 2318
Publication Date: Oct 1993
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: group technology
Abstract:

Since the advent of group technology (GT) as a primary manufacturing tool for reducing setup times and improving production efficiencies, its central theme has been the grouping of similar parts into part families and machines into machine cells. Although the formation of machine-part manufacturing cells is the essence of GT, its full benefits cannot be gained without forming ‘human’ cells in such a way that machine operators with similar expertise and skills are brought together to produce similar part families. Nevertheless, much of the existing GT literature overlooks the behavioural issues associated with a group of workers in the machine cell. This paper addresses such issues by simultaneously forming both machine and compatible human cells. In so doing, the authors develop a multiple objective model that enables them to analyse the tradeoff between economic and behavioural benefits.

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