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在丰田汽车公司的主机装配厂,每年都有许多来自世界各地的人来参观。在那里,除了特别干净明亮和色彩宜人的环境,男女员工精神抖擞和充满自豪的神情外,人们的第一印象则是这里的装配线设置与汽车行业中其他的厂家没有大的差别。然而,参观者过一会就明显地感到它的真正不同之处了:流水线中各项任务的工作量出奇的均衡。一般情况下,一项任务由于比邻接的任务稍微有点难或漫长,为了赶上生产的进度,一些员工必须多做些工作,而一些
At Toyota Motor Corp.'s mainframe assembly plant, many people come from all over the world every year. There, it is a first impression that, aside from the particularly clean, bright and pleasant environment, the energetic and proud look of both men and women, the assembly line setup here is not significantly different from the rest of the automotive industry. However, the visitor clearly felt the real difference after a while: the workload of the various tasks in the pipeline was surprisingly well-balanced. In general, a task may be a bit harder or lengthier than its neighbors, and some employees must do more to catch up with the progress of production. Some