| Controls Production Rates: optimizes production by ensuring that the
right parts arrive at the correct operations in a continuous flow, especially when rates of production
differ between operations |
| Maintains Qualitys: eliminates needless production rehandling and
manual transporting by accomplishing finishing and/or assembly processes with a single material
handling system |
| Boosts Efficiency: maintains a traveling record of work-in-progress, logging
information on where product has been and where defects may have occurred |
| Creates Usable
Space: frees up valuable floor space by organizing product flow and efficiently utilizing
available space overhead |
| Protects Product and Parts: uses an enclosed track that prevents
contaminants from falling onto the product and prolongs chain life |