Effect of cell based team work in productivity improvement at a manufacturing company

This paper report is part of a comprehensive study aiming at establishing a productivity improvement model for an Iranian manufacturing company. We fi rstly describe the state of affairs encompassing the effects of the prevail ing behavioural system which is in turn affected by cultural and environmen tal conditions, impact of history, geographical situation, state of technol ogy and people's attitude. A team wok effort. is organised around a cellula r manufacturing exercise to demonstrate an effective change in the performa nce and existing conditions. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. Al l rights reserved.