Article ID: | iaor1990895 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 28 |
Start Page Number: | 62 |
End Page Number: | 70 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1987 |
Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
Authors: | Guerrero Hector H. |
Keywords: | group technology |
This two-part series will address the concepts and techniques of group technology (GT). Part I provides historical perspective and explains GT, part coding, and classification. It introduces an example which focuses on the difficulties in converting a facility into a GT shop. Part II will deal with implementation issues. [See later abstract.]