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Total Company Appraisal for Group Technology

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The decision to change to Group operation carries profound commitments for a company. The total operation of the firm must be re-established on Group-Technology principles and this will require considerable amounts of time, effort and money. Hence it is imperative that an accurate estimation of the total potential benefits be established at the initial stage of company appraisal, such that the ensuing advantages may be compared with the cost of implementation.

This work demonstrates that the relative benefits of group technology may be evaluated in each department of an enterprise by breaking down the departmental activities into their basic constituents. Thus the total benefit to the company may be obtained by summating the individual contributions.

A complete ‘suitability check list’, successfully used for the appraisal of a medium-sized engineering firm is given. It is suggested that with suitable small modifications for specific company considerations the list forms a relatively speedy, yet thorough, method of appraisal.

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  1. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

    K. Rathmill

  2. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

    P. Brunn

  3. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

    R. Leonard

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK

    S. A. Tobias (Chance Professor and Head of Department) (Chance Professor and Head of Department)

  2. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK

    F. Koenigsberger (Professor of Machine Tool Engineering) (Professor of Machine Tool Engineering)

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Rathmill, K., Brunn, P., Leonard, R. (1975). Total Company Appraisal for Group Technology. In: Tobias, S.A., Koenigsberger, F. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01986-1_3

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