ABSTRACT

Cellular Manufacturing: One-Piece Flow for Workteams introduces production teams to basic cellular manufacturing and teamwork concepts and orients them for participating in the design of a new production cell. Use this book to get everyone on board to reduce lead time, work-in-process inventory, and other profit-draining wastes. Each chapter includes an overview and a summary to reinforce concepts, as well as reflection questions, which can be used to encourage group discussions. This volume is part of Productivity Press’ Shopfloor Series, which offers a simple, cost-effective approach for building basic knowledge about key manufacturing improvement topics

chapter 1|11 pages

An Introduction to Cellular Manufacturing

chapter 2|9 pages

Working in a Manufacturing Cell

chapter 3|25 pages

Basic Elements of Cell Design

chapter 4|13 pages

Teamwork Tools for Cellular Manufacturing

chapter 5|6 pages

Reflections and Conclusions