Building Commercial Vehicle - MES in Vehicle Manufacturing

Commercial vehicle include truck and bus.

Commercial vehicle uses chassis to support its weight, while it’s body in case of passenger car.

The high level building process of a commercial vehicle includes: punching & welding & painting of body, punching & riveting & painting of chassis, and final assembly.

The features of commercial vehicle plant are: less annual production output, longer cycle time of each station, larger station distance, and lower requirement of automation and just-in-time.

Commercial vehicles especially trucks have very long service time and very big driving distance, so they have very high requirement of durability for key parts. So riveting is used for assembly of chassis, and it’s highly controlled for tighten parts.

Key functions of final assembly shop:

1)       PBS – Painted body store;

2)       Vehicle location monitoring and broadcasting;

3)       Assembly sheet printing;

4)       Work instruction;

5)       Traceability of key parts;

6)       Error proofing of key parts;

7)       Quality and defect management.

 

Diagram 1.2-1 shows main process of final assembly:

Diagram 1.2-1: main process of final assembly

 

Diagram 1.2-2 shows overall process of building a commercial vehicle:

Diagram 1.2-2: overall process of building a commercial vehicle