Question

A special arrangement of machinery and equipment to focus on production of a single product or group of related​ products" describes what layout​ type? A. intermittent production B. job shop C. work cell D. ​fixed-position layout E. warehouse layout

Answer 1

Answer:

C.

Explanation:

Is a temporary assembly-line-oriented arrangement of machines and personnel in what is ordinarily a process-oriented facility.

Workcells are designed to improve the process flow and eliminating waste.

Characteristics:

- Reorganizes people and machines into groups to focus on single products or product groups.

- Group technology identifies products that have similar characteristics for particular cells.

- Volume must justify cells.

- Cells can be reconfigured as designs or volume changes.

Requirements:

- Identification of families of products.

- A high level of training and flexibility on the part of employees.

- Either staff support or flexible, imaginative employees to establish work cells initially.