Automotive News: Autoliv Goes Back to School on Lean Manufacturing

Daan Assen

Autoliv continues its journey to lean.

 

 

'Leading2Lean CEO Keith Barr said Autoliv executives understood lean manufacturing.

But "they lacked a method to automate their lean behaviors and engage the entire workforce," Barr said.

The first big solution was making a Web browser page available to production workers. If an operator's machine went down, he or she could report the incident in the system.

A maintenance technician with access to the same page would be notified right away. Line workers no longer had to wander off in search of help.'

 



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Original version: 18 July 2024
Written by: Evelyn DuJack
Reviewed by: Daan Assen

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