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GT for CE: Operating group technology for team formation in concurrent engineering

  • Kuwait University

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Abstract

This research proposes a method for team establishment and organization in concurrent engineering (CE) context using cell formation techniques in Group technology. The team formulation relies on the resemblances in the overall structure of interdisciplinary designs teams in CE to multifunctional machine-cells in GT. This approach avails most cell-formation algorithms to be utilized for this purpose. To maintain task sequence in teams, we apply a sequence-based cell-formation algorithm to the task-team assignment in CE. The algorithm uses Fuzzy ART neural networks which is suitable for large scale CE applications. The approach was demonstrated on an illustrative manufacturing facility design problem.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication17th European Concurrent Engineering Conference 2011, ECEC 2011 - 7th Future Business Technology Conference, FUBUTEC 2011
EditorsCiprian Dobre, Les Hobson
PublisherEUROSIS
Pages109-116
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789077381618
StatePublished - 2011
Event17th European Concurrent Engineering Conference 2011, ECEC 2011 and the 7th Future Business Technology Conference, FUBUTEC 2011 - London, United Kingdom
Duration: Apr 18 2011Apr 20 2011

Publication series

Name17th European Concurrent Engineering Conference 2011, ECEC 2011 - 7th Future Business Technology Conference, FUBUTEC 2011

Conference

Conference17th European Concurrent Engineering Conference 2011, ECEC 2011 and the 7th Future Business Technology Conference, FUBUTEC 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period04/18/1104/20/11

Keywords

  • Cellular manufacturing
  • Concurrent engineering
  • Fuzzy artificial neural networks
  • Group technology (gt)
  • Sequence-based clustering
  • Team formation

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