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This learning package introduces production teams to basic cellular manufacturing and teamwork concepts and orients them for participating in the design of a new production cell.
You will learn:
- Waste reducing benefits of organizing the workstations in cells, so that work flows smoothly in the process sequence.
- What to expect when you work in a manufacturing cell — a U shaped arrangement, minimal inventory, moving with the work, and multi-machine operation.
- Steps you will experience as you design and convert to a cellular arrangement.
- Team-based tools for cellular manufacturing, including concepts such as 5S, mistake-proofing, and autonomous maintenance.
The package includes:
- A Leader's Guide,
- Cellular Manufacturing: One-Piece Flow for Workteams
- One-Piece Flow: Cell Design for Transforming the Production Process
