Automotive Industry

Question 1

Scientific management di ford

Answer 1

Scientific Management at Ford:
•	interchangeable parts
•	standardized product designs
•	mechanized assembly lines
•	specialization of labor
•	low manufacturing costs
•	mass production

Question 2

Cosa si intende per curva di apprendimento (learning curve)

Answer 2

• Learning Curve: (also called the progress function) shows that manufacturing costs fall as volume rises.

Question 3

Experience curve

Answer 3

• Experience curve: declines in the total costs of a product line over extended periods of time as volume grows. It includes a broader range of costs that are expected to drop than does the learning curve, but disregards any product or process design changes introduced during the period of consideration.

Question 4

cos’è l’integrazione verticale

Answer 4

vertical integration: having different suppliers cost much more and require more time, so ford started producing more in house.

Question 5

Livelli di guida autonoma

Answer 5

6 Levels of autonomous driving:
• 0: No automation at all. The human does all the work, even if there are warnings that pop up, like a Check Engine light.
• 1: Driving assistance. The vehicle can assist with steering or speed in certain circumstances, but the human is still fully in charge of driving.
• 2: Partial automation. The vehicle can take over steering and speed altogether in certain circumstances, but the human is still fully in charge of driving.
• 3: Conditional automation. The vehicle steers, takes care of speed and monitors the road. The human is still required to take over when the system needs help.
• 4: High automation. The vehicle can pretty much do everything, even if the human driver does not respond when asked to by the system.
• 5: Full automation. The vehicle does absolutely everything a human driver could do.

Question 6

Modello Toyota (Lean production)

Answer 6

Obiettivo: adeguare la produzione alla domanda giornaliera
Aumento della varietà giornaliera => piccoli lotti di produzione => riduzione del lead time di produzione
Lean production model:
• Less time, inventory, space, labor, and money
• Eliminating waste, simplifying procedures and speeding up production.
• Toyota was able to greatly reduce lead-time and cost using the TPS (Toyota Production System), while improving quality at the same time