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Offline Mr_F

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Re: VW factory shutdown
« Reply #10 on: 15 July 2013, 15:48 »
Downtime slots on 24/7 production facilities normaly have contractors running through the front gate like a tsunami's imminent. 


Amazed they are producing anything with the changes that get planned in downtime.
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Re: VW factory shutdown
« Reply #11 on: 15 July 2013, 17:07 »
Downtime slots on 24/7 production facilities normaly have contractors running through the front gate like a tsunami's imminent. 


Amazed they are producing anything with the changes that get planned in downtime.

Yes, I used to be one of those contractors at the Ford Transit van plant in Southampton (shutting it's doors for good in a week or 2). Lots of parts stock used to get left on the lines so we used to take the opportunity to put "Turbo", "GLX" and "Tourneo" badges on the back of the fork lift trucks. Ford used to change their lines a lot to "try out" a new way of working - half of the changes didn't work and we'd change them back at the Xmas shutdown. Maybe VW have their lines just the way they want them so it'll be annual maintenance performed only on kit like air-tools, airline compressors, general lubrications and software updates on robots and consoles.
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