Fixed position assembly

Tractor being assembled stands still, while workers and tools move to complete required operations

Fixed position assembly refers to an assembly system or situation in which the product does not move while being assembled, this configuration is usually contrasted in operations management and industrial engineering with assembly lines. Dimensioning this system is very simple: considering CP as productive capacity and T as average assembly time, then N, number of working stations, is given by N=CP*T.

Ottoman airplane being assembled during WWI. Even thought airplane assembly is often cited as an example of fixed position system, today many airplanes go through assembly lines.
Water turbine being assembled

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