Assembly Line

Ford hired Fredrick Taylor, a motion study expert, to evaluate and refine the efficiency of his factories after years of trying to find ways himself (History.com, 2009). Taylor took what he saw in the factories to make a more efficient workforce while Henry Ford developed tools and equipment to help with a better flow of the workforce. Together, they realized four distinct things from other smaller businesses that they wanted to immolate and bring to the big stage. These four principles were the use of interchangeable parts, division of labor, continuous flow, and reduced wasted effort (Science Odyssey, 1998). With these four principles in mind and the dream to produce a more cost efficient vehicle, Henry Ford and Fredrick Taylor created the first large scale assembly line in 1913 (Goss, 2014). This assembly line was able to transfer the time it took to build a single Model T from twelve hours to a mere two hours and thirty minutes (History.com, 2009). With its eighty-four distinct steps in the flow of the assembly line, a division of labor was created where a worker could be trained to do one specific task making him more efficient at that task and able to do a much better job (History.com, 2009). Secondly, having interchangeable parts that would could be used between any model of Ford allowed Henry to focus on machinery that would produce these

(The graphic shows the mass production rate of cars by using an assembly line that could have required a larger work force) (Document 4). One method to manufacture a product that became very popular is the assembly line which made the rate of production per person much greater. It required

One of the biggest needs for improvement was the assembly process. Although several changes were made throughout the years, quality and efficiency still fell below expectations. Hinrichs implemented the newly developed assembly which consists of two separate work stations that allowed operators in the adjacent stations to share the expensive balancer machine. These assembly cells were much more efficient as workers were no longer forced to wait for another person or machine in the process. Each cell was built like the other with quick turn set-up which created flexibility in the process while also reducing tooling inventory by almost a half. Now cells

The people of the world had a strong demand for up and coming products, so factories needed a new method for coming about creating products. “The Encarta graphic showing Henry Ford’s Assembly Line” (Document 4) shows that in one 8 hour work period, 1 man could put together a single car, whereas 5 men in an assembly line could put together 10 cars in an 8 hour work period. “The Encarta Graphic showing the factory” (Document 3) shows that the production of goods increasing due to the train outside used to transport mass quantities of goods, and the steam coming out of the top

A product would be sent to a worker who would perform a certain task and then moved on to another worker who would perform a different task. The idea was that all of the employees would have their own individual tasks to perform on one product to increase production speed and efficiency. The assembly line was first used and perfected in the automobile industry by Henry Ford. This sparked a rise in automobile sales which ultimately changed how people lived their day

The current workflow needs to address how to best organize the assembly line so that it is most efficient,

Analysis When Henry Ford first developed the idea of the assembly line he was heralded as one of the most forward thinking men of his time, and without the assembly line we would no doubt not be as powerful a nation as we are today. The assembly line principle as it matured in industrial society however, proved to destroy workers creativity and stifle the very essence of human life. Growth and change. On an assembly line workers are degraded to automatons, performing the same tasks over and over and over.

Milestone one : Writing Plan Draft After re-reading my selected article “Some lessons from the assembly line”, by Andrew Braaskma, the author’s goal remains unchanged. The author’s purpose is to share his experience and the lessons he learned while working on an assembly line, during his summer breaks. His lessons and experience is shared through comparisons and reflections of his college experience and his work on the assembly lines. He was inspired by these lessons “to make the most of his education. Where in the past, he normally took for granted.

He introduced the assembly which reduced time to build a car from twelve hours to an incredible two hours and thirty minutes (“Ford’s assembly line starts rolling”) Although, Henry Ford's assembly line was intended to make large amounts of vehicles as simple as he could for a reasonable price as possible in order for him to make a profit. Henry ford's improvements in mass production helped other companies as well as the assembly line. Other companies that made radios, vacuum cleaners , and washing machines were even affected by the assembly line because they also used the same method to mass produce goods. The assembly line was inspired by the production methods from flour mills, breweries, canneries, and some industrial bakeries and made manufacturing faster than ever

As the developer of the assembly line, Ford dealt with a similar dilemma to Harold’s during his career. Assembly line

(Ford). This increased the sales even more. As the years went by The Ford Motor Company had introduced a new method for increasing the speed of automobile production it was known as the assembly line. The assembly line that was integrated into the automobile production had allowed Henry Ford to reduce the price on the Model T since the speed of the production increased

Since the current assembly line layout should achieving 100% line efficiency when running at maximum capacity of 215 units. Thus, to operate at target 300 units/day, the current assembly line needs to redesign.

Boeing made use of lean techniques in their production system and increased its production by 50% and also reduced its floor space by 40%. Assembling a Boeing 737 is a typical job. Workers should take 367,000 parts, an same number of bolts, rivets, other equipment and 36 miles (58 kilometres) of electrical wire and then keep them all combined to make an airplane [2]. Engineers to machinists were involved in lean (reducing waste) in the factory. By creating an assembly line, aircraft will pass through the workers were they going to concentrate on assembling. Allocating all employees in the factory building and organising special teams helped a lot to solve the errors in the assembly line [2]. In the assembly line, there are eight beacon lights which reflect the production status. If everything is good it shows green colour. If an error occurs, the worker will press a button and the green light will changes to yellow and the panel board will shows the category of the problem(which category it is related to). The worker will pass on to a computer and writes about the problem in a brief manner and the problem should be assigned to special team to solve it within 30 minutes if not, the light turns to purple and the assembly line will shuts down. This moving assembly is the icon of factory’s lean strategies.

We analyzed a Toshiba assembly line plan for a new subnotebook computer.  The engineering section manager, Toshihiro Nakamura, wants to make changes to the line process as designed by the engineers.  The basic assembly line equipment and space already exist within the Toshiba plant, so the subnotebook assembly process must conform to those preexisting constraints.  Specifically, the assembly line is a straight 14.4-meter conveyor system that can accommodate 8 to 12 workers plus one supporter to aid in the assembly process.  The employees work at assembling for 7.5 hours a day.  The computers are assembled from

−−−Preliminary study of an automotive assembly plant for high volume production(1300cars/day with 2 type of cars, 4 doors and 2 doors respectivly, and flexible in volume, 3 shifts of workers)