most 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

most 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