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In old school auto assembly plants, cars inch through work stations as people plop in parts and wait for the next car.

Now Honda Motor Co., in its quest for ever-better efficiency, has turned that model on its head in its newest assembly line.

The fresh approach has a team of workers follow the car down the line, with the workers and vehicle sitting on disc shaped platforms like frogs floating down a river on a lily pad.

Honda dubs it an ARC line, short for assembly revolution cell.



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Honda Adopts Lily Pad Approach To Assembly Line Production

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