Article ID: | iaor19911955 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 31 |
Start Page Number: | 33 |
End Page Number: | 37 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1990 |
Journal: | Production and Inventory Management Journal |
Authors: | Gaither Norman, Frazier Gregory V. |
This article attempts to bring an understanding of what cellular manufacturing (CM) is and is not, its advantages and disadvantages, the nature of manufacturing cells in industry today, and the characteristics of parts which are appropriate for CM. Additionally, the issue of whether readers should consider converting some job shop operations to manufacturing cells and how they could go about actually forming the cells is discussed.