| Article ID: | iaor1990896 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Start Page Number: | 1 |
| End Page Number: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1987 |
| Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
| Authors: | Guerrero Hector H. |
Part I in this series established that coding and classification are major steps in the process of converting the job shop into a GT shop. This part discusses the topics of process flow analysis, part family and machine group selection, changes in production scheduling, plant layout, personnel, and, finally, the strategic aspects of GT introduction. GT should be a step toward manufacturing automation. [See earlier abstract.]