A two‐stage procedure for designing a group technology system

Abstract

Proposes a two‐stage procedure to design a group technology system. Formulates a 0‐1 quadratic programming model to allocate machines to machine cells and a criterion to form corresponding part families for group technology. The majority of current approaches assume only one copy of a machine type for allocation. This model allows for more than one copy of a machine type. While many approaches use a general integer programming package to solve the group technology problem, proposes a two‐stage procedure based on A* algorithm. Computational experience of the proposed algorithm is also reported.

Citation

Cheng, C., Goh, C. and Lee, A. (1995), "A two‐stage procedure for designing a group technology system", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 15 No. 6, pp. 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579510090327