BPCS/LX Tip of the Week: Work Center – Cells

The LMP module (Lean Manufacturing Process) uses work centers but refers to them as production cells.



A cell is one or more work centers that produces an end item. So when a company decides to adopt the lean manufacturing philosophy, the concept of work centers takes on a new meaning.



In lean terms, the work center, or group of work centers, becomes a production cell. In other words, a mini-factory producing end items with similar characteristics.