Cell production

• What is cell production

  Dividing up production into separate self contained areas that are responsible for a section of work
• What will each cell have

  Team leader and team of multi skilled workers
• advantages of cell production ?

  time waiting for stock to arrive is reduced

  cell production can mean increased worker commitment and motivation - increased productivity
• Disadvantages of cell production

  Any breakdown of machinery will stop the production

  needs more staff to supervise than a continuous flow

  expanding can be hard as space may limited or restricted by tasks