The trouble with automakers is that they use workers in the
Assembly Line.
If they had no workers in the assembly line, they could
undercut all automakers in terms of labor hours per car
and hourly costs.
But, they will need a lot of highly trained quality inspectors and,
initially, they will need many more workers while they build the
new assembly line and use the current assembly.line.
The key to the design is accuracy and clearance.
High accuracy in placing, welding, bolting, painting, etc.
Clearance in moving parts next to the moving assembly line
for safe access by the item loader robot and in moving parts
partially assembled into the integrating final assembly..
The simulator will point out places with potential clearance
problems.
Design Steps
1. Design the Specifications of the computer program
that will run the Assembly Line Simulator.
2. More details to follow.
It is surprising to me that I wrote that, so long ago... and still remains true.
ReplyDeleteThe new Obama Economic Advisor, Sperling, advocates "incoming tides raise all boats", we must lift the masses at the bottom instead of giving Billions to the super Wealthy. We tried that and it didn't work.
We need better vocational training in High Schools and Upgrade the work skills of Low Income Workers, they can be the big "equalizer" to compete in the Market Place.
Intel build a $1 Billion most advanced High Tech factory in Vietnam, not because of their highly trained engineers and scientist, the city had no major University. They hired a few hundred local teachers and trained them on the skills the workers would need and they solved the language gap and the factory went on line in early 2011.
Why there? "Because salaries in India and China are higher." No need to consider USA.
We are out of the running, unless we train our own Low Income Workers, otherwise the Recession will continue, and the looming "Double Dip" Specter will overwhelm us.
Do we really want that?