Handbook of Management Scales/Cellular layout

Cellular layout

Items

• We have laid out the shop floor so that processes and machines are in close proximity to each other.
• We have organized our plant floor by means of manufacturing cells.
• Our machines are grouped according to the product family to which they are dedicated.
• The layout of the shop floor facilitates low inventories and fast throughput.
• Our processes are located close together, so that material handling and part storage are minimized.

Source

• Flynn/Flynn (1999): Information-Processing Alternatives for Coping with Manufacturing Environment Complexity. Decision Sciences, Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 1021-1052.