flowline
5.6
A factory system where products move without stopping between machines for assembly
- noun
- /ˈfloʊlaɪn/
- Specialized
:
línea de producción
- In an early use of SDWTs, Volvo successfully restructured their Kalmar Plant from flowline assembly to one group assembling an entire car (Lindholm & Norstedt, 1975).
Examples
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Using a flowline setup, the products moved smoothly from one workstation to the next.
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Each flowline in the assembly line was meticulously designed to minimize delays.
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The factory implemented a flowline system to improve efficiency in production.
Synonyms
line
vsflowline
651
3.0
A company or service that moves people and goods
describes a specific continuous factory system moving products through machines
48
3.2
A factory system where a product moves past workers who add parts
stresses uninterrupted continuous flow through stations rather than staged building
14
3.0
A series of machines and workers in a factory that make a product step by step
focuses on continuous movement through stations rather than discrete step batches
How Continuous
flow
232
1.0
232
1.0
flowline
- Specialized
production line
14
3.0
- Specialized
14
3.0
assembly line
48
3.2
- Specialized
48
3.2
batch
183
3.2
183
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flowline comes from flow ('continuous movement') and line ('a set path' like an assembly line), so a factory flowline is a system where products keep moving along a planned path to be made or put together.