GROUP TECHNOLOGY
Group technology (GT) is a manufacturing technique that identifies and exploits the sameness of parts and manufacturing processes. Organizational units are relatively independent groups, each responsible for the production of a given family of products.
A group is a combination of a set of workers and a set of machines and/or other facilities laid out in one reserved area, which is designed to complete a specified set of products.
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Benefits:
Reduced unit setup time and increased capacity
Improved labour efficiency resulting from standardisation and simplification
simplification in planning, reduction in throughput time.
CELLULAR MANUFACTURING
Cellular manufacturing sometimes called cellular or cell production is a model for workplace design and is an integral part of lean manufacturing system.
Cellular manufacturing arranges factory floor labour into semi-autonomous and multi-skilled teams or work-cells, who manufacture complete products or complex components.
Benefits:
Process becomes more balanced, productivity increases
Set-up time, wait-time between operations are reduced
Helps eliminate overproduction
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