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This week’s topic I have decided to speak a bout the assembly line manufacturing process. According to referenceforbussiness.com “an assembly line is a line of factory workers and equipment that produce a product as it moves consecutively from station to station on the line until completed (Reference for Business, 2017). The assembly line is very important part of operations. The assembly line and continues process should be used when a product needs to be produced in high volumes. The reason for this is because the process will not stop and there are more workers per item. The assembly line helps everyone be an expert at doing his or her own part. They only must do one part of a process before sending the product to someone else to move onto the next station or next part in line. Most assembly lines run utilizing a conveyer belt using this method has proven to be effective and efficient because each person can individually be timed for the work they are supposed to do.

While on the topic I read about how Ford utilized an assembly line back in 1913. They utilized a moving assembly line which allowed them to move the vehicles down the line while one works on one car installing the interior the other was installing doors etc. Ford previously had everyone install everything on the floor and then they would drag the items down the line.  According to the article this allowed them to move faster more efficient and effectively (History, 2019). While speaking about Ford I also found on industryweek.com that Ford closed its factories and slowed them down due to the coronavirus. But it appears that they will be slowly opening the production lines and operations will continue. Also, they are stating that china locations have opened and are in full affect, but the assembly line will be taking more precautionary measures such as cleaning stations and maintaining 6ft space.

Reference:

History. (2019, November 11). Fords assembly line starts rolling. Retrieved from https://www.history.com/

Reference. (2017). Assembly Line Methods. Retrieved from https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/

Selko, R. (2020, June 09). Best Practices from Fords Return to Work Handbook. Retrieved from https://www.industryweek.com/