Patent ID: 8122579

Claim:
A cell manufacturing method in which a main operator, who carries out main operations including a plurality of steps in which parts are installed on a workpiece, is moved along with the workpiece so as to transit a plurality of stations at which auxiliary steps related to the main operations are carried out, the method comprising: providing a main car on which the workpiece is mounted and a main operator rides, and that automatically travels along a predetermined travel route that transits the plurality of stations; providing a main delivery apparatus that is a type of station that has a main serving position and a main receiving position; transferring at least one of a part and a jig that is necessary for at least one of the main operations to the main car at the main serving position; receiving the at least one of the part and the jig from the main car at the main receiving position; and delivering the at least one of the part and the jig that has been received at the main receiving position to the main serving position.