In order to understand industry considerations for transitioning an existing plant into a cellular format, four high volume Australian red meat processors participated in a series of surveys and interviews. Analysis of their feedback indicated general support for the cellular manufacturing concept and agreed that it had potential to benefit processing operations.

This project contributes to determining the feasibility of a high volume cellular processing plant that would utilise a mix of industrial robots, collaborative robots, special purpose machines and human operators to complete various tasks in red meat production.