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.
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