Initially, a manufacturing cell was created to comprise end finishing and weld- bending, ing in one location. By eliminating work in inventory created by large batch flows. the company was able to fit the new cellular production layout into the same area and use less floor space. The line balanced and moved to a one-piece flow from production was 300 individual batch pieces, where downstream operations pulled production through the cell rather than allowing faster operations to work ahead and create inventory traffic jams Communication improved and the work teams cross-trained each other to facilitate job sharing and rotation throughout the day Set-ups