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Introduction
Evolution of lean manufacturing. Craft to Mass production system. lean producers led by Toyota. Difference between mass production and lean production.
Manufacturing innovations
Interchangeability Labour force management. Moving assembly line ( August, 1913) Task cycle for the average Ford assembler had been reduced from 514 to 2.3 minutes.
Sloan s approach
At General Motors, Alfred Sloan s innovative thinking seemed to resolve the conflict between the need for standardization to cut manufacturing costs and the model diversity required by consumers. hang-on features For ex. Air Conditioning and Radios.
The shusa is the leader of the team which designs and engineers a new product and gets it fully into production.
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