Method for manufacturing an item
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsDiane Moore, John 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.
Claims11
A method for manufacturing an item by the use of a first portion of said item which is transported in close proximity to a plurality of individuals who respectively place a component upon said first portion of said item, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a radio frequency tag having identifying information that indicates which components are to be installed upon said first portion by said plurality of individuals;
- and
- creating a notification which automatically notifies at least one of said plurality of individuals of said identifying information for said first portion upon a transport member, thereby allowing said at least one of said plurality of individuals to retrieve a component corresponding to said identifying information before said first portion is transported in close proximity to said at least one of said plurality of individuals.
A method for manufacturing an item by the use of several components and a transport assembly, said method comprising the steps of:
- selecting a first individual;
- selecting a second individual;
- creating a first portion of the item;
- causing the first portion of the item to pass in close proximity to said first individual by use of said transport assembly;
- creating a notification which automatically notifies the second individual of the first portion of the item and a location of the first portion of the item proximate to the first individual;
- causing the first portion of the item and an assembled first component of the several components to pass in close proximity to the second individual;
- and
- assembling a second component of the several components onto the first portion of the item by the second individual.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.