Bobcat Assembly Line Structures
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The formats by which a facility is arranged are defined by the general pattern of work. There are typically five different structures which are project, work center, manufacturing cell, assembly line and continuous process.
The video of Bobcat depicts that the processes that they are utilizing is assembly line structures and also with the elements of manufacturing cell structures. An assembly line is where work processes are arranged according to the progressive steps by which the product is made. Bobcat facility used to assemble three sizes of skid-steer loader in one location. It created some inequalities because Bobcat assembles loaders to order, it was common for one small loader to follow on the heels of two large ones. And since a large