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A comment on Tesla’s Dangerous Sprint into the Future. Parent comment

Re:Tesla’s Dangerous Sprint into the Future by ojm on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @02:07PM (#15646438)
It’s a bit of a flamboyant way to say we want to move our parts as little as possible.

But that is a massive difference from traditional manufacturing and many assembly plants.

So it is an insight in terms of Tesla manufacturing philosophy.

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Re:Tesla’s Dangerous Sprint into the Future by hackerguy99 on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @02:18PM (#15646554)
>But that is a massive difference from traditional manufacturing and many assembly plants.

Where do people get this stuff from? Have you ever been in a modern manufacturing facility?

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Re:Tesla’s Dangerous Sprint into the Future by arkades on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @02:43PM (#15646791)
Seriously. The Toyota “lean” approach has been advocating for this - and reconfiguring factories around this - for decades. Hell, hospital execs have been taking tours of Toyota plants to import those ideas into HC for a good 20 years or more.
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Re:Tesla’s Dangerous Sprint into the Future by noselasd on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @04:03PM (#15647618)
And they are still advocating lean manufacturing, and giving tours - indicating this approach is not the "obvious truths" the OP indicates, even if the ideas are 20 years old.
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Re:Tesla’s Dangerous Sprint into the Future by ojm on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:35PM (#15648326)
Yep. They talk “lean” and want to implement. But talking and wanting is not doing.
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Re:Tesla’s Dangerous Sprint into the Future by ojm on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @05:33PM (#15648315)
Working at an American car manufacturer and a major parts manufacturer.

They think they are lean but they are not. Many inefficiencies and waste.

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