In the recent years a new manufacturing system has emerged known as Ce
llular Manufacturing (CM) which utilizes the philosophy of group techn
ology. Cellular manufacturing also known as group production can be de
scribed as a manufacturing process which produces families of parts wi
thin a single line or a group of machines operated manually or automat
ically. This paper discusses the available techniques used for cluster
analysis and design of manufacturing cells and also illustrates a lis
t of available methods and techniques used for clustering and their ap
plication in the manufacturing area.