Cellular manufacturing, a model for workplace design, is an integral part of
just-in-time manufacturing and
lean manufacturing, with additional applications in administrative processes. The cell, or work cell, has roots in
group technology, which seeks to align process flows by families of component parts or, sometimes, families of target customers (A primary reference for this discussion on cellular manufacturing comes from a 770-page book by Hyer and Wemmerlöv devoted to the topic.)