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Using your knowledge of relevant theories (for example from team working and organisational structure), critically evaluate the novel approach to organisation originally used at the Volvo Uddevalla plant as compared to conventional productional lines.
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Using your knowledge of relevant theories (for example from team working and organisational structure), critically evaluate the novel approach to organisation originally used at the Volvo Uddevalla plant as compared to conventional productional lines. First of all, it has to be clarified what is understood under conventional production method and the novel approach used at the Volvo Uddevalla plant. Conventional production is mass production along with serial flow production. The key elements are a paced assembly line, short cycle times, standardized work methods and hierarchical organisational structure. Serial flow production means that the production task is worked on continuously or that the processing of material is continuous and progressive. 1 In recent decades lean production was implied in manufacturing, based on a Japanese approach to reduce waste and cost in production. However, in 1989 Volvo open another revolutionary plant in Uddevalla, Sweden (see picture2), using a production technique sometimes called...
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