Elon Musk, the visionary entrepreneur who launched a Tesla convertible into outer space on Feb. 6, is nothing if not audacious.
So when he told investment analysts the next day that his Silicon Valley company would out-Toyota Toyota when it comes to lean manufacturing, he no doubt believes it will happen.
He might be the only one who thinks so.
Brushing aside production problems that have delayed by at least six months the launch of Model 3, Tesla’s first mass-market car, Musk confidently predicted: “The competitive strength of Tesla long-term is not going to be the car; it's going to be the factory.”
By simplifying car design to make them easier to manufacture, installing more robots and packing cars more densely on the assembly line, Musk is convinced Tesla can build as many as one million vehicles a year in a single factory -- four times the output of a typical auto plant and greater than even the world's busiest factory, Volkswagen's flagship plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.
“The car industry thinks they're really good at manufacturing and actually they are quite good at manufacturing. But they just don't realize just how much potential there is for improvement. It's way more than they think,” said Musk, calling the pace of today's auto factories slower than "grandma with a walker....Why shouldn't it at least be jogging speed?"
Source :- forbes
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