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There is an enormous school of thought around that question, and current opinion leans against you. The question is: is the bigger problem workers occasionally
by asolove 16y ago
There is an enormous school of thought around that question, and current opinion leans against you.
The question is: is the bigger problem workers occasionally being slow, or workers doing things to a fixed schedule such that they can't identify and resolve problems right away?
See the Wikipedia page on lean manufacturing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing
- bane 16y agoI can't recall off the top of my head, how do Toyota plants operate? Does the line stop at each worker's station until the worker signals "done"? (excluding the fully mechanized parts of the line of course)
- GoodIntentions 16y agomost modern plants keep the vehicle in motion at a manageable rate. At the low end, from 45 sec, to over 2 minutes for a low volume line, per pitch. Tasks are theoretically balanced across stations so that each employee gets their task(s) complete before the body pitches into the next station. If there is a critical task not done, they can halt the line. (and get all kinds of help and motivation they'd probably like to avoid) Lines are broken out into business units with small buffers between each so that a short stoppage in one area doesn't stop any other. tl;dr lines keep moving