{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2032013305","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1063293x11418014","title":"Team Formation in Concurrent Engineering Using Group Technology (GT) Concepts","display_name":"Team Formation in Concurrent Engineering Using Group Technology (GT) Concepts","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2032013305","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1063293x11418014","mag":"2032013305"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/1063293x11418014","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1063293x11418014","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S25105827","display_name":"Concurrent Engineering","issn_l":"1063-293X","issn":["1063-293X","1531-2003"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Concurrent Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076491316","display_name":"Esra Aleisa","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5301-468X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I36721946","display_name":"Kuwait University","ror":"https://ror.org/021e5j056","country_code":"KW","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]}],"countries":["KW"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Esra Aleisa","raw_affiliation_strings":["Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, Khaldia Bldg. 8KH, 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait,"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Kuwait University, Khaldia Bldg. 8KH, 3rd Floor, P.O. Box 5969, Safat 13060, Kuwait,","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073659195","display_name":"Nallan C. Suresh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7945-7123"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63190737","display_name":"University at Buffalo, State University of New York","ror":"https://ror.org/01y64my43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nallan C Suresh","raw_affiliation_strings":["Operations Management and Strategy, School of Management, University at Buffalo, 326F Jacobs Management Center, Buffalo, NY 14260-4000, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Operations Management and Strategy, School of Management, University at Buffalo, 326F Jacobs Management Center, Buffalo, NY 14260-4000, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100654481","display_name":"Li Lin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4265-9789"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I63190737","display_name":"University at Buffalo, State University of New York","ror":"https://ror.org/01y64my43","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Li Lin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 438 Lawrence D. Bell Hall, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-2050, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 438 Lawrence D. Bell Hall, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260-2050, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I63190737"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5076491316"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I36721946"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.287,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.88489125,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":"19","issue":"3","first_page":"213","last_page":"224"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11814","display_name":"Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11814","display_name":"Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11159","display_name":"Manufacturing Process and Optimization","score":0.9855999946594238,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12782","display_name":"Assembly Line Balancing Optimization","score":0.9751999974250793,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/concurrent-engineering","display_name":"Concurrent engineering","score":0.8814526796340942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cellular-manufacturing","display_name":"Cellular manufacturing","score":0.8807046413421631},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.6816783547401428},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/group-technology","display_name":"Group technology","score":0.6601580381393433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relevance","display_name":"Relevance (law)","score":0.6148288249969482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5426647067070007},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/new-product-development","display_name":"New product development","score":0.5199548006057739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/process","display_name":"Process (computing)","score":0.49253687262535095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cell-formation","display_name":"Cell formation","score":0.4887973964214325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering-design-process","display_name":"Engineering design process","score":0.4389594793319702},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/industrial-engineering","display_name":"Industrial engineering","score":0.34133225679397583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/manufacturing-engineering","display_name":"Manufacturing engineering","score":0.33938083052635193},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.3298912048339844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.3017185926437378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.2943417429924011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-management","display_name":"Operations management","score":0.15555793046951294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.11973026394844055}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78382760","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2288649","display_name":"Concurrent engineering","level":3,"score":0.8814526796340942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778106978","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441898","display_name":"Cellular manufacturing","level":2,"score":0.8807046413421631},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.6816783547401428},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780443747","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3516922","display_name":"Group technology","level":2,"score":0.6601580381393433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158154518","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7310970","display_name":"Relevance (law)","level":2,"score":0.6148288249969482},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5426647067070007},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19351080","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395034","display_name":"New product development","level":2,"score":0.5199548006057739},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98045186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205663","display_name":"Process (computing)","level":2,"score":0.49253687262535095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2985497411","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7868","display_name":"Cell formation","level":2,"score":0.4887973964214325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34972735","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920267","display_name":"Engineering design process","level":2,"score":0.4389594793319702},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C13736549","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4489420","display_name":"Industrial engineering","level":1,"score":0.34133225679397583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C117671659","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11049265","display_name":"Manufacturing engineering","level":1,"score":0.33938083052635193},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.3298912048339844},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.3017185926437378},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.2943417429924011},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.15555793046951294},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.11973026394844055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/1063293x11418014","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1063293x11418014","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S25105827","display_name":"Concurrent Engineering","issn_l":"1063-293X","issn":["1063-293X","1531-2003"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Concurrent Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320309835","display_name":"Arizona State University","ror":"https://ror.org/03efmqc40"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322668","display_name":"Kuwait University","ror":"https://ror.org/021e5j056"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":59,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W374716141","https://openalex.org/W382688224","https://openalex.org/W647161541","https://openalex.org/W1510228494","https://openalex.org/W1524562961","https://openalex.org/W1562546152","https://openalex.org/W1566241536","https://openalex.org/W1566349657","https://openalex.org/W1606326282","https://openalex.org/W1974747096","https://openalex.org/W1979327263","https://openalex.org/W1979387105","https://openalex.org/W1988538901","https://openalex.org/W1990886065","https://openalex.org/W1992565898","https://openalex.org/W1999007839","https://openalex.org/W1999855714","https://openalex.org/W1999884367","https://openalex.org/W1999908851","https://openalex.org/W2004593807","https://openalex.org/W2007400378","https://openalex.org/W2009342647","https://openalex.org/W2012611887","https://openalex.org/W2015887246","https://openalex.org/W2023986738","https://openalex.org/W2026430226","https://openalex.org/W2030286456","https://openalex.org/W2035931172","https://openalex.org/W2038858601","https://openalex.org/W2039971074","https://openalex.org/W2043736104","https://openalex.org/W2045305697","https://openalex.org/W2046105575","https://openalex.org/W2046308179","https://openalex.org/W2048270731","https://openalex.org/W2049877373","https://openalex.org/W2050565552","https://openalex.org/W2061883980","https://openalex.org/W2072595219","https://openalex.org/W2072836160","https://openalex.org/W2082985613","https://openalex.org/W2085403903","https://openalex.org/W2087509343","https://openalex.org/W2091952229","https://openalex.org/W2094436942","https://openalex.org/W2110001884","https://openalex.org/W2112788633","https://openalex.org/W2121623674","https://openalex.org/W2121841978","https://openalex.org/W2135812345","https://openalex.org/W2148645936","https://openalex.org/W2165889126","https://openalex.org/W2481162943","https://openalex.org/W2558743517","https://openalex.org/W3105280705","https://openalex.org/W3150933098","https://openalex.org/W3151157462","https://openalex.org/W4246919055","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W229477781","https://openalex.org/W1966304371","https://openalex.org/W1969937065","https://openalex.org/W1482011889","https://openalex.org/W2097324692","https://openalex.org/W2284581494","https://openalex.org/W2032013305","https://openalex.org/W2047130243","https://openalex.org/W1975654736","https://openalex.org/W2520853801"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Concurrent":[0],"engineering":[1,109,128],"(CE)":[2],"has":[3,44],"emerged":[4],"as":[5,84,162],"an":[6,48,212],"essential":[7],"design":[8,34,39,94,221],"principle":[9],"that":[10,17,32,87,155,169],"facilitates":[11],"rapid":[12],"and":[13,37,74,110,173,176,223],"efficient":[14,121,203],"product":[15],"development":[16],"is":[18],"necessary":[19],"to":[20,67,126,151,180],"survive":[21],"in":[22,42,70,91,134,137,148,165,187,204],"today\u2019s":[23],"fiercely":[24],"competitive":[25],"environment.":[26],"However,":[27],"the":[28,62,105,114,118,132,183,194,217],"lack":[29],"of":[30,64,98,104,123],"tools":[31],"address":[33,56],"team":[35,229],"formulation":[36],"proper":[38],"task":[40,184,228],"assignment":[41,185],"CE":[43,79],"made":[45],"its":[46,65,225],"application":[47],"immense":[49],"challenge.":[50],"In":[51,178],"this":[52,57,138],"article":[53,209],"we":[54],"explicitly":[55],"issue":[58],"by":[59],"pointing":[60],"out":[61],"relevance":[63],"structure":[66],"cell-formation":[68],"problem":[69,186],"cellular":[71,111,124,149,205],"manufacturing":[72,125,206],"(CM)":[73],"group":[75],"technology.":[76],"Particularly,":[77],"interdisciplinary":[78],"teams":[80,154],"will":[81],"be":[82],"formulated":[83],"multifunctional":[85],"machine-cells":[86],"process":[88],"similar":[89,99,158],"parts,":[90],"our":[92],"case,":[93],"tasks":[95,159],"requiring":[96],"involvement":[97],"individuals.":[100],"The":[101,140,208],"fruitful":[102],"marriage":[103],"two":[106],"disciplines,":[107],"concurrent":[108,127],"manufacturing,":[112],"opens":[113],"path":[115],"towards":[116],"utilizing":[117],"ample":[119],"existing":[120],"algorithms":[122],"rather":[129],"than":[130],"re-inventing":[131],"wheel":[133],"developing":[135],"methods":[136],"respect.":[139],"paper":[141],"in-hand":[142],"also":[143,210],"incorporate":[144],"sequences":[145],"(or":[146],"routing":[147],"manufacturing)":[150],"create":[152],"work":[153,163],"can":[156],"conduct":[157],"commonly":[160],"known":[161],"packages":[164],"a":[166,198,220],"smoother":[167],"manner":[168],"avoids":[170],"unnecessary":[171],"back":[172],"forth":[174],"alterations":[175],"overlapping.":[177],"addition,":[179],"enable":[181],"solving":[182],"reasonable":[188],"time":[189],"for":[190],"relatively":[191],"larger":[192],"problems,":[193],"developed":[195],"framework":[196],"integrates":[197],"fuzzy":[199],"ART":[200],"algorithm":[201],"proven":[202],"literature.":[207],"provides":[211],"illustrative":[213],"example":[214,222],"on":[215,219,227],"executing":[216],"methodology":[218],"highlights":[224],"implications":[226],"assignments.":[230]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-30T06:05:26.967640","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}