The workshop is the basic unit for the organization of production within the enterprise, it is also the first-level organization of enterprise production management. It consists of several sections production teams. It is set up according to the professional nature of each stage of product production the components of the product the professional nature of all auxiliary production activities. It has the plant field, machinery equipment, tools certain production staff technicians necessary to complete production tasks managers.

The workshop has four characteristics:

(1) It is the gathering place of the elements of productivity formed according to the principle of specialization.

(2) It is the middle link of enterprise management between the factory the production team.

(3) The products in the workshop are generally semi-finished products (except the finished product workshop) in-house products, commodities.

(4) The workshop is an independent commodity production operation unit, generally does directly have external economic contact.