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Comment on The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen by Christoph Roser

Christoph Roser — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:49:20 +0000

Hi Steve, I also consulted at Daimler in the early 2000’s, albeit only sometimes on the shop floor. Hence, thanks for your add-ons. It seems the performance degraded a bit over the last 20 years (maybe complicated by cars getting more complex and hence having more bugs?).

Comment on The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen by Steve Milner

Steve Milner — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 20:01:56 +0000

I worked with Daimler at the end of the last century. A colleague and I focused solely on Bau38 initially under the KVP banner, and then introduced wider-scope genba kanri …which they were then going to incorporate into their (then) developing ‘Daimler Chrysler Production System’.
At the start of our activities the off-line repair stations were overflowing: there was a vicious circle as if a car was off-lined it further upset the sequence – the ‘string of pearls’ as they called it – and made it more likely that subsequent vehicles wouldn’t be completed. When we’d finished, the repair people had very little work. I cannot speak with data, but would estimate that ‘right first time’ was mid~high nineties. ‘Null Fehler Tors’ were introduced in Paint too to good effect.
I cannot recall what VA:non-VA time might have been.
I’m disappointed at your observations.

Comment on The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen by Christoph Roser

Christoph Roser — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:46:13 +0000

Hello Jean-Pierre, thanks for the suggestion.I think that is correct, and amended the blog post accordingly, with credits to you 🙂

Comment on The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen by Jean-Pierre Goulet

Jean-Pierre Goulet — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:01:57 +0000

May be “ GAL (which stands for GeradeAusLauf” can be traduced in English by “First Pass Yield”!

Comment on The Grand Tour of German Automotive—Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen by Ian Hardy

Ian Hardy — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:19:50 +0000

I Worked in Singelfingen in 2003/2004 and Bremen in 2005 on a Standard Montage Projects.

Comment on Toyota Standard Work – Part 3: Standard Work Layout by Christoph Roser

Christoph Roser — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 05:12:00 +0000

Hello Craig, thanks for the info. I fixed it. You can also find a list of all posts and pages here https://www.allaboutlean.com/all-posts/ . Additionally: I am about to complete a book on work standards, which should come out by the end of the year :).

Comment on Toyota Standard Work – Part 3: Standard Work Layout by Craig Kidson

Craig Kidson — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 16:19:31 +0000

Hi Christopher

A glitch …when clicking Part 2, I consistently get re-directed to Part 3
I am now really keen to see Part 2: Standard Work Combination Table since it can’t be accessed

Regards
Craig

Comment on Variable Takt at Fendt in Marktoberdorf—Part 1 by Christoph Roser

Christoph Roser — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 08:21:49 +0000

Hello Luca, the tractors are on AGVs for most of the time (including the assembly of the drivetrains beforehand, albeit these are separate AGVs. Only at the very end they are on their own wheels, shortly before the testing stations.