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US 2003/0196312 A1Published application
Method for manufacturing an item
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsDiane E. Moore, John J. Lubash
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Abstract
A method for notifying installers 14-22 of the existence, type, and location of a portion 26 of an item within an assembly line 10. The notification allows the installers 14-22 to respectively ensure that the components 40 which are needed to be placed upon the portion 26 are available for use by the installer 14-22 in a timely manner.
Claims7
A method for use with an assembly line of the type having a plurality of installers and an item which is to receive at least one component from each of said plurality of installers, said method comprising the step of:
- notifying each of said plurality of installers of said existence of said item and said type of said item when said item enters said assembly line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.