Making your line side space more effective can reduce TAKT time

1st January 2011

With every car having multiple different configuration options the number of items required line side has steadily increased, resulting in reduced line side space and increased opportunity for error.

Working with the manufacturer to design process improvement and reduce TAKT time, Rudolph and Hellmann Automotive were able to identify several ways to increase the effectiveness of the line operative and reduce TAKT time.

Because each car in the line is slightly different, Kit Bags were created which contain the specified components for the next vehicle in production. This made the line side pick less pressured and saved valuable operative time since they no longer needed to leave the line to pick several components unique to the new owners specification.

The key benefits to the manufacturer were that the line operation could be focused on assembly, not picking, as the time taken to collate the right components was minimised as they were now pre-collated line side. This also meant the risk of breakages was passed to Rudolph and Hellmann Automotive, so exposure to cost was reduced further. Finally, the manufacturer had transferred a fixed cost to a dynamic cost which can be instantly 'turned off.'

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