Merging the NANO -Front Door & Rear Door Cells into one common Cell (both LH & RH sides) to create the required space for new ‘KITE’ Model Door Cells.
Sometimes optimistic marketing targets are set and not reached while production capacity is geared up for that. This results in idle capacity and companies would like to use the idle capacity to introduce new products. This poses an interesting challenge for the engineering personnel; adapting idle capacity for a product not planned for. In robotic cells this can be daunting. The Tata Motors case study presents how this challenge was overcome on a robotic line, where welding, hemming, sealant application process, material movement was merged for right and left hand doors of their vehicles, Nano and Kite.
