April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
6h 17m
English
One-piece flow required a massive development of the logistics system, in particular for feeding the components to the production lines. Until 2007, with lower volumes and a smaller product line than today’s, the materials were placed by the side of the line: the operator would collect directly from the containers the parts required for the assembly of each specific model (Figure 8.1).
When volumes and model range increased, this line feeding approach started to show several limitations due to:
the space required next to the lines to stock the materials;
long pick-up times by the operators (Muda Walking);1
potential mistakes when selecting the required components (a product is made ...
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