Cellular Manufacturing

What is a machine cell?

• Groups of machine either

  semi-auto or manually operated

• Groups of human working together

• Groups of robots in a workplace

• Groups of horses working in paddy fields

What is Cellular Manufacturing?

• Use machine cells (manual) in factory

• Groups of human working together

• Groups of robots in a workplace

• Machine cells are used together with

  automated material handling

What is Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC)?

• Use machine cells (manual) in factory

• Groups of human working together

• Groups of robots in a workplace

• Machine cells are used together with

  automated material handling

Define Group Technology

• The

  strategy for product and process design

• The

  strategy for gaming design and competition

• The

  strategy for apparel and beauty products design

• The

  strategy for food process and advertisement

Group Technology Layout: GT Flow Line

• All parts assigned to a group follows the same machine sequence

• Allows parts to move from any machine to any other machines

• Each machine is dedicated to producing only certain part families

Group Technology Layout: GT Cell

• All parts assigned to a group follows the same machine sequence

• Allows parts to move from any machine to any other machines

• Each machine is dedicated to producing only certain part families

Group Technology Layout: GT Center

• All parts assigned to a group follows the same machine sequence

• Allows parts to move from any machine to any other machines

• Each machine is dedicated to producing only certain part families