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Rather than a bottle neck, I'd say the production line wasn't up for the majority of the quarter. At 220 cars in ~120days, that is an 8-12 hour average takt tim
by kurthr 9y ago
Rather than a bottle neck, I'd say the production line wasn't up for the majority of the quarter. At 220 cars in ~120days, that is an 8-12 hour average takt time. Since nobody does that in production, it's more likely that they take the line down, fix things, and bring it up again days later. I'd be more interested in the change in delivery rate over the 3 months. If 218 cars were delivered on the last day, it would be 6k/mo or 70k/yr, great! More likely progress has been slow and hopefully steady (30=>60=>90 per month) for their ramp.
- Animats 9y agoWorkers at Fremont are complaining of overwork, time pressure, unsafe working conditions, and long hours. They're trying to join the UAW. It's not like they have production employees standing around doing nothing while the production engineers try to fix the line. "I’ve seen people pass out, hit the floor like a pancake and smash their face open. They just send us to work around him while he’s still laying on the floor."[1] Comments on Glassdoor indicate that lower and middle management are disorganized. [1] http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-factory-workers-detail-grueling-conditions-fremont-2017-5 http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-factory-workers-detail-...
- theyregreat 9y agoIt sounds like “kitchen chaos” startup mode while their “TPMS” workflow, tooling, fixtures and techinques get figured out for higher capacity, routine production. Unionizing is important because people shouldn’t be treated like animals and should make a living wage.