Capital Light Assembly with Edison

AV Production Tip #4 - Optimize for Human-Centric Production Processes

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This video is part of a series focused on 7 Tips to Reliably Scale Autonomous Vehicle Production. The fourth tip is to optimize for human-centric production processes.

The following questions are addressed in this video:

  • Why will AV upfits and retrofits be a manual-heavy process?
  • How should automation be applied for AV assembly?
  • What are the most important considerations for controlling quality for manual processes?

    • Key themes include:

    • Poka-yoke
    • Production process
    • Operator work instructions
    • Repeatability
    • Operator screening and selection
    • Operator training

      • About Edison:

      Edison Manufacturing & Engineering is a niche contract manufacturer, focused on flexible and capital efficient assembly of complex mobility and mobility-adjacent products that are not well suited for highly automated production. Assembly, upfit, and retrofit for autonomous vehicles is one of Edison's core businesses, and is an area in which Edison has significant experience and expertise.


      Edison website: https://edison-mfg.com/

      Edison LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/70992427/

      Brandon Bartneck LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/

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