6 Ways Lean Manufacturing is Enabled by Collaborative Robots

6 Ways Lean Manufacturing is Enabled by Collaborative Robots

Christopher Russell Christopher Russell

Christopher Russell

GotoMarket Leader Edge Solutions - Supply Chain Leader– Enterprise Software Entrepreneur - Endurance Athlete

发布日期: 2018年5月18日
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by Chris Russell

The emerging technologies in flexible, collaborative robotics are a synergistic fit for lean manufacturing.

Traditionally, lean manufacturing environments have eschewed technology in favor of simple visual systems and flexible processes. A new generation of smarter, faster and lower cost robots is changing that.

The emerging robotic systems are collaborative – they work with the associates on the floor. This means that instead of requiring 100% process automation in the application, these new robots can be used to automate the appropriate part of the process. That makes them more flexible and a better fit for the lean world.

The question then becomes what are the use cases where we can apply these new robots and how do they align with lean manufacturing protocols?

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Christopher Russell

GotoMarket Leader Edge Solutions - Supply Chain Leader– Enterprise Software Entrepreneur - Endurance Athlete

6 年

Gil Mayron?- Not sure if you saw this one.??

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Michael Martin

I help companies improve their supply chains by using my own industry experience to take risk and pain out of my customer's business transformation.

6 年

Agree, Chris. LEAN and TECHNOLOGY are not mutually exclusive. The right use of each should yield better results.

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