Q:What is cellular production/ manufacturing?
A: It's a model for workplace design, and is an integral part of lean manufacturing systems. The goal of lean manufacturing is the aggressive minimization of waste, called muda, to achieve maximum efficiency of resources. Cellular manufacturing, sometimes called cellular or cell production, arranges factory floor labor into semi-autonomous and multi-skilled teams, or work cells, who manufacture complete products or complex components.
Q: When did cellular manufacturing production begin?
A: By 1808.
Q:What are the benefits of cellular manufacturing?
A: Cellular manufacturing offers many advantages in material handling, inventory, quality, personal and customer sastifaction.
Q: How has cellular manufacturing been developed ?
A: In the past several years, two new paradigms that inherit from the cellular manufacturing concept have been developed.
