Right-sized tools

Process equipment that is highly capable, easy to maintain (and therefore available for production at all times), quick to convert, easy to move, and designed to add in small amounts of capacity to enable capital and labor linearity. 

Examples of right-sized tools include small washing machines, heat treatment ovens and paint booths that can be arranged in process sequence in cells to facilitate continuous flow. 


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