Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Cellular manufacturing. ... Cellular manufacturing involves the use of multiple "cells" in
an assembly line fashion. Each of these cells is composed of one or multiple different
machines which accomplish a certain task. The product moves from one cell to the next, each
station completing part of the manufacturingprocess.
A lean method of producing similar products using cells, or groups of team members,
workstations, or equipment, to facilitate operations by eliminating setup and unneeded costs
between operations. Cells might be designed for a specific process, part, or a complete product.
Competitive priorities are the critical operational dimensions a process or supply chain must
possess to satisfy its internal or external customers, both now and in the future (Krajewski,
Ritzman, & Malhotra, 2013).
Five key competitive priorities which a company can add value to its OM decisions
including:
Cost. Quality. Delivery. Flexibility. Service.