Chapter I · 2011–15 · Building production systems
Designing production systems for new car launches.
Part & information flow
How parts and information flowed through the line.
Parts move from pre-assembly to dispatch. Kanban cards travel back and signal what to make next.
Yamazumi
Balancing work across stations as demand ramped up.
Move demand and efficiency. Takt, stations and operators recalculate.
Move the sliders to see how stations and operators change with demand. Illustrative numbers.
Programmes
Launches, a relocation and two new plants.
Carried forward: how flow, capacity and people fit together on a real line.
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