Cell Production
L1 Define
•Production line is reorganised into small teams or cells.
They are responsible for:
- allocating work
- breaks
- monitoring quality and H&S.
Each team feeds production to the next cell and acts as a supplier to them
L3 Advantages of Cell Production
- Should improve communication
- Workers become multi-skilled and more adaptable to the future needs of a business
- Greater worker motivation, arising from variety of work.
- Quality improvements as each cell has ‘ownership’ for quality in its area
L4 Disadvantages of Cell Production
- Unless the company culture is to encourage trust and participation, workers can feel that they are being constantly pushed for more and more output with no respite
- The company may have to invest in new machinery
•Production line is reorganised into small teams or cells.
They are responsible for:
- allocating work
- breaks
- monitoring quality and H&S.
Each team feeds production to the next cell and acts as a supplier to them
L3 Advantages of Cell Production
- Should improve communication
- Workers become multi-skilled and more adaptable to the future needs of a business
- Greater worker motivation, arising from variety of work.
- Quality improvements as each cell has ‘ownership’ for quality in its area
L4 Disadvantages of Cell Production
- Unless the company culture is to encourage trust and participation, workers can feel that they are being constantly pushed for more and more output with no respite
- The company may have to invest in new machinery