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Cellular Manufacturing & Group Technology
Cellular Manufacturing & Group Technology
MANUFACTURING
&
GROUP TECHNOLOGY
GROUP NO: 6
Ruchi Gattani
Shoaib Qureshi
Ketan Changani
Hitendrasinh Zala
Vishal Bhatnagar
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CELLULAR
MANUFACTURING
It is an application of
group technology in
manufacturing in which
all or a portion of a
firms manufacturing
system has been
converted into cells
CELL FORMATION
APPROACHES
Machine - Component Group Analysis is
based on production flow analysis
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Stage 4:
Machine-component group
analysis.
EXAMPLE:
Consider a problem of 4 machines and 6 parts.
Try to group them.
Component
s
Machines
M1
M2
M3
M4
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Component
s
Machines
M1
M2
M3
M4
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Benefits of Cellular
Manufacturing
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Limitations of Cellular
Manufacturing
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GROUP TECHNOLOGY
Group technology (GT) is a philosophy that
works in three different ways:
1. By performing similar activities together
2. By standardizing similar tasks
3. By efficiently storing and retrieving
information about recurring problems
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Group Technology
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engineering
equipment specification
facilities planning
process planning
production control
quality control
tool design
purchasing
service
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1. Engineering design
Reduction in new parts design
Reduction in the number of drawings through
standardization
Reduction of drafting effort in new shop
drawings
Reduction of number of similar parts, easy
retrieval of similar functional parts, and
identification of substitute parts
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2. Layout planning
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Standardization of equipment
Implementation of cellular manufacturing
systems
Significant reduction in up-front costs
incurred in the release of new parts for
manufacture
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7. Purchasing
8. Customer service
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Thank You
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