CONTAGEM, Brazil – GE Transportation’s plant in Contagem unveiled today a new approach to manufacturing locomotives with a mixed-model moving assembly line. This Lean Manufacturing system, one of the first in the industry, is a more effic...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2018/01/31-ges-brazil-factory-debuts-modern-moving-assembly-line
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
It doesn't seem that revolutionary. The "new" method seems to be a slowed down and scaled up version of an auto assembly line.
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