| 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 |