Honda Adopts Lily Pad Approach To Assembly Line Production

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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nguyenvuminh - 5/6/2016 12:30:03 PM

+2 Boost

Interesting.

MDarringer - 5/7/2016 1:51:40 PM

+1 Boost

Seems a great way to increase build quality issues. With this, workers have to be on top of all assemblies as opposed to doing 1 with 100% accuracy.