Technology has always been an advantage for Ford Motor Co. and this time around is no exception. Tapping into the same technology that movies use, such as in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy with Gollum, Ford was able to improve three things: the amount of time in visualizing a vehicle was lessened, there’s an obvious drop in development costs and lastly, the quality was improved. This new approach with the help of computers improved quality by 11 percent last year.
Each and every part of the assembly process makes use of this new approach. They even have Jack and Jill, the highly developed virtual workers. Jack and Jill aid them in calculating the outcome of the ergonomic effect in terms of continuous recurring action. These two have been making notable changes in terms of health and safety, as well as quality.
Enhancements to digital ergonomics are one of Ford’s aims. This started way back in 2000 and has been steadily contributing to the improvement of Ford vehicles. Ergonomics specialist Allison Stephens said, “We can design out problems… You can then optimize the human so that they can do it car after car without fatigue or injury.”
With the constant take on advanced technologies, the company seems determined to improve in more ways than one – from its factories to its employees right up to their vehicles.
Source: detnews.com
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