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> But we (software people), learned 20 years ago (from select Hardware companies) that this is backwards. > (See: Toyota Production System) Ironically, Toyota
by mejutoco 3y ago
> But we (software people), learned 20 years ago (from select Hardware companies) that this is backwards.
> (See: Toyota Production System)
Ironically, Toyota is moving to gigacasting (large, single piece casting) to reduce costs [1]
[1]: https://insideevs.com/news/687481/toyota-new-ev-production-line-japan/ https://insideevs.com/news/687481/toyota-new-ev-production-l...
- borissk 3y agoVery interesting. I guess these giga casts are not very repairable.
- delfinom 3y agoReparability hurts profit. Every collision with body damage fixed by an autobody shop is stealing money from our overlords.
- Robotbeat 3y agoThere are ways to repair, but even with more repairable methods, labor is so expensive that you likely totaled the car if you get to that level of damage.
- anymouse123456 3y agoI love this, because of course there are specific opportunities when one must build many thousands of the same thing. This doesn't detract at all from Toyota's ideal batch size of 1, or from the lessons they learned and shared on the way to such huge scale. My claim is that we (the West) are failing to succeed in manufacturing (and have been for decades) because our focus is on quantity and the very people who could solve the core problems will be so busy planning out the next 2 years, they will not see the wave cresting above their heads.