If factories can't get parts, if factories can't get raw materials, then assembly lines grind to a halt and they can't ship what they've already made either.
Henry Ford cut the time need to build cars in half with the industry's first moving assembly line in 1913, and the way we make things has been evolving ever since.
Henry Ford 于 1913 年首次改动第条业内装配线,将制造汽车时间减半,从那时起,我们生产方式直在。
Now, as you know, the rest of the construction work is more or less finished, but we can't start the assembly line until this system is operational for health and safety reasons.
He's publicly referred to his goal of turning Tesla's factories into " a machine that builds machines, " adding that he's going to keep piling on the automation until the assembly line looks like " an alien dreadnought."
Toyota bigwigs routinely undertake gemba (the real place) walks to see assembly lines for themselves and to drive home the firm's philosophy of kaizen (continuous improvement).
In August 2022, the factory saw its 1 millionth vehicle leave the assembly line, less than three years after its first made-in-China car was delivered.