Apart from a few computer operators, this factory requires no human workers. Called a flexible manufacturing system, the manual economy assembly line is installed at a truck manufacturing plant in Detroit. Wire embedded in the factory floor guides numbered carts that transport various components from machine to machine, and on to other departments.
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Press, 24 April 1986, Page 34
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53Apart from a few computer operators, this factory requires no human workers. Called a flexible manufacturing system, the manual economy assembly line is installed at a truck manufacturing plant in Detroit. Wire embedded in the factory floor guides numbered carts that transport various components from machine to machine, and on to other departments. Press, 24 April 1986, Page 34
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