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Comparative study of part grouping methods in a manufacturing plant

AuthorPaul, Anupam
Call NumberAIT Thesis no. IE-92-28
Subject(s)Group technology

NoteA thesis submitted m partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
Series StatementThesis ; no. IE-92-28
AbstractDemand of different types of products in relatively smaller quantities by the consumers are increasing day by day. This trend leads to high product variety. Cellular manufacturing system appears to be a perfect instrument to handle this environment. Group f01mation is one of the first problems to be solved in the system design phase and number of methods and algorithms are available to form groups. In this study, two commonly used group formation techniques, the rank order clustering technique and the similarity co-efficient technique, have been simulated to evaluate the efficiency of the techniques in terms of some commonly known criterion such as production, machine and worker utilization etc. The simulated results have been used to compare the efficiency of the group formation techniques and to find a method that leads to the formation of the most suitable groups.
Year1992
Corresponding Series Added EntryAsian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IE-92-28
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology (SET)
DepartmentOther Field of Studies (No Department)
Academic Program/FoSIndustrial Engineering (IE)
Chairperson(s)Pandey, P. C.
Examination Committee(s)Tabucanon, Mario T. ;Bohez, Erik L.J.
Scholarship Donor(s)DEUTSCHER AKADEMISCHER AUSTAUSCHDIENST (DAAD), Germany. ;
DegreeThesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1992


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