Re:Kill the laws that keep car dealers in business
by adventured on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @05:42AM
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Just as an example, if you're Toyota, and you know how well your top five models sell in the US, you'd either build two factories strategically located near the west and east coasts, or you'd build one giant plant in eg Texas and ship the cars west or east, splitting the time it would take to ship it across the entire country side to side.
Most of Toyota's profit comes from just a few best selling models (that tend to be their best selling models year after year). That's where you'd start on this type of automation, and you'd invent new manufacturing technology accordingly as necessary.
The criticism I see most often on the concept, is that it'd be challenging because our manufacturing processes are pathetically ancient. I agree: it's time to move manufacturing into the future. It's not a question of if it can be done, it's: who is going to do it first.
Most of Toyota's profit comes from just a few best selling models (that tend to be their best selling models year after year). That's where you'd start on this type of automation, and you'd invent new manufacturing technology accordingly as necessary.
The criticism I see most often on the concept, is that it'd be challenging because our manufacturing processes are pathetically ancient. I agree: it's time to move manufacturing into the future. It's not a question of if it can be done, it's: who is going to do it first.