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Group Technology
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What will be Covered?
An introduction to group technology.
Group technology coding structures.
How group technology will help improve quality.
The benefits and obstacles for managers using group technology.
Introduction
Group technology was introduced by Frederick Taylor in 1919 as a way to improve productivity.
One of long term benefits of group technology is it helps implement a manufacturing strategy aimed at greater automation.
What is group technology?
Group technology (GT) is a manufacturing philosophy that seeks to improve productivity by grouping parts and products with similar characteristics into families and forming production cells with a group of dissimilar machines and processes.
Background
The introduction of GT techniques in:
General Electric
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Boeing
GT viewed as:
An essential step in the move toward factory automation.
A necessary step in maintaining a high quality level and profitable production.
Group Technology
Group technology implementation can be broken down into 3 different phases:
Actions on the manufacturing process
Changes to the production process
Results for the organization
Examples of the impacts group technology has had on the production process.