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Strategy + Teamwork = Great Products
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Strategy + Teamwork = Great Products

by Frederick Parker
October 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
144 pages
3h 43m
English
Productivity Press
Content preview from Strategy + Teamwork = Great Products
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Manufacturing
Production should be organized into work centers based on processes
or products. ere are two schools of thoughts about how a factory should
be laid out: whether to lay it out by process centers or by product ow,
which integrates dierent processes and machines into a cluster.
e denition of a cluster—sometimes called work cell—is that regard-
less of the process or machinery used, the layout allows the product to be
manufactured in a continuous ow through the cluster. For instance, a
punch press used in that ow will be located in the cluster, rather than in
the press shop.
e denition of process- oriented layout is that sim ...
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ISBN: 9781482260106