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The article alluded to the idea that reducing floor area and would reduce the cost of getting parts to the right place. If your process is 500 feet long instead
by etskinner 3y ago
The article alluded to the idea that reducing floor area and would reduce the cost of getting parts to the right place. If your process is 500 feet long instead of 1000 feet long, you just made your material handling workers up to twice as productive.
- londons_explore 3y agoTrue, but in a way you want stuff to be spread out for the same reason. If the truck that delivers window motors can unload at a loading bay near the window motor storage racks, which is in turn near the place on the production line where window motors is installed, then at no point does a member of staff transport any goods along the length of the line. Cram the line into a tiny floor area, and you are unlikely to be able to achieve that.
- jasonwatkinspdx 3y agoMoving material from A to B has gotta be one of the most easy to automate things in a car factory.