https://www.allaboutlean.com/toyota-flexible-multi-model-assembly-line/ Organize your Industry! Sun, 02 Jul 2023 17:14:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://www.allaboutlean.com/toyota-flexible-multi-model-assembly-line/#comment-140382 Sun, 02 Jul 2023 17:14:11 +0000 https://www.allaboutlean.com/?p=30806#comment-140382 Hi Bjørn, Toyota used such flexible assembly lines long before 1999. Also, when googling for “Reconfigurable Manufacturing System”, the first link claims that it was “Originally developed by the University of Michigan College of Engineering’s Research Center”.

]]> https://www.allaboutlean.com/toyota-flexible-multi-model-assembly-line/#comment-140174 Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:31:41 +0000 https://www.allaboutlean.com/?p=30806#comment-140174 The flexible assembly line at Toyota sounds a lot like a Reconfigurable Manufacturing System, coined by prof. Korean in 1999. If you have more of these type of cases, they would for sure be interesting to read about

]]> https://www.allaboutlean.com/toyota-flexible-multi-model-assembly-line/#comment-138806 Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:22:20 +0000 https://www.allaboutlean.com/?p=30806#comment-138806 Christoph, excellent post as usual and very informative. When we started the Toyota Georgetown KY site flexibility was limited to having a station wagon every four vehicles because the interior required an additional four minutes. The advances since 1988 have been substantial and in Toyota fashion, this has been the result of continuous improvement with well tested processes. Walk before running has always reduces risk. Tesla tried to run when starting production in the former NUMMI facility and had 25% productivity compared to the joint venture performance for several years. Quality and reliability still lag industry averages.

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