Development of Assembly Competence in Parallelized Flow Assembly Systems

• This publication explains the competence development (in form of the length of work cycle times, which were not fixed) within the Volvo Uddevalla plant. Note the minimum work cycle time was 1/4 of an automobile (an inventible result due to the sociotechnically advanced of assembly system design) (in fact, quite ingeniously carried out). The advance material feeding technique was the reason for this competence level (a result of the research and development work within some of the authors' experimental workshops).

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Annan teknik -- Övrig annan teknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Other Engineering and Technologies -- Other Engineering and Technologies not elsewhere specified (hsv//eng)

Keyword

materials feeding techniques

long work cycle times

learning and training

alternatives to line assembly

ergonomics

Volvo Uddevalla plant

sociotechnology

assembly work

work structurin

restructuring of information systems

manufacturing technology

Publication and Content Type

kon (subject category)

vet (subject category)