Key characteristics of a lean, mixed-model assembly line include low changeover time (ideally zero) at all workstations; the ...

In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create "a motor car for the great multitude ... they came together in the first moving assembly line ever used for large ...

and it does away with having a car (or a rectangular “box”) roll down a traditional assembly line past various stations where parts are added on. What Tesla plans to do instead is assemble ...