The moving assembly line was created 100 years ago to answer demand for the Model T. By 1927%2C Ford was able to build a Model T every 24 seconds Production to increase from 6 million to 8 million ...

An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which interchangeable parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create an end product. In most cases, a manufacturing assembly line is a ...

Lean manufacturing seeks to make clear what adds value by reducing everything else. Lean is clearly not a fixed-point objective; accelerating global market competition demands operational flexibility ...

Henry Ford standing beside one of his vehicles. (Image courtesy of Ford Motor Co.) The first moving assembly line at Henry Ford's Model T factory in Highland Park went into operation on Oct. 7, 1913, ...

Airbus intends to finalise readiness of jigs and tools on its A350 final assembly line over the next six months in order to handle the manufacture of the freighter variant of the twinjet type.