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>“The variety is too much to take on for the machines,” said Schaefer, who’s pushing to reduce the hours needed to produce a car to 30 from 61 in 2005. “They ca
by anentropic 11y ago
>“The variety is too much to take on for the machines,” said Schaefer, who’s pushing to reduce the hours needed to produce a car to 30 from 61 in 2005. “They can’t work with all the different options and keep pace with changes.”
it sounds like they just have bad software
it's not like there are random variations or an uncontrolled environment.
in the end there's still only a finite menu of options.
don't they just need better software for combining the options?
like... it costs more to program the routines than to train and employ people to do the job?
- bryanlarsen 11y ago> it costs more to program the routines than to train and employ people to do the job? Exactly. The S-Class is not exactly a high volume vehicle, and it has a huge number of options. Given the low number of vehicles and the combinatorial explosion of different option combinations, it's quite possible that a custom S-Class is unique.
- pc86 11y agoFord sold more Focus models in June 2015 than Mercedes sold S-Class models in the entire year.[0, 1] [0] http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/mercedes-benz-s-class-sales-figures.html http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/mercedes-benz-s-class-s... [1] http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/ford-focus-sales-figures.html http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/ford-focus-sales-figure...