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Production Planning & Control
The Management of Operations
Volume 25, 2014 - Issue 2: Production Systems – Cases and Applications
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Applying group technology to the forging industry

Kuo-Ting HungInformation Systems and Operations Management Department, Suffolk University, 73 Tremont, Boston, MA, 02108, USA.
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Hamed MalekiYoung Researchers Club, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 134-148 | Received 25 Feb 2013, Accepted 25 Feb 2013, Published online: 01 May 2013
 
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Abstract

Extant literature has reported the many benefits of group technology (GT) as they are applied in various manufacturing operations. However, little has been examined regarding the application of GT in metal forging operations. This paper presents the implementation of GT in the forging operation of the Tabriz Tractor Manufacturing Company. We also present the coding system and the computer software developed to facilitate the grouping process.

Acknowledgements

We wish to express our gratitude to Esmaeil Fallah Rostami and Tabriz Tractor Manufacturing Company staffs for providing the data necessary for this research. We are also grateful to Dr. Sajjad Zahir, the guest editors and the anonymous reviewers of Production Planning & Control for their constructive comments that helped us improve our paper.

Notes

The authors Hamed Maleki and Kuo-Ting Hung contributed equally to this work.

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