Demand-driven assembly Electronics Production planners at a renowned Swabian producer of hand tools faced the challenge of adapting the assembly equipment to rapidly increasing production quantities. Challenge To adapt the assembly equipment to rapidly increasing production quantities. Solution A sequential line layout with workstations linked by a pallet conveyor system. Benefits Demand-driven assembly of a high number of product variants. Flexible assembly procedures Previously, the electric hand tools were assembled in a manually operated 'takt' line. Increasing production volumes and a high variety of equipment and market- related specifications, required a higher flexibility than before in the assembly line. The solution was a sequential layout of the workstations along the line whi

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