The school bus manufacturer invests $17 million in lean manufacturing at its Tulsa, Oklahoma-based plant to increase production efficiency.
PHOTOS: IC Bus Plant Upgrades Streamline Production
IC Bus has invested $17 million in lean manufacturing at its Tulsa, Oklahoma-based plant to streamline production. Here, school buses wait in the pre-paint work station.
The plant has adopted some automotive lean manufacturing practices, such as the Andon System, which shows updates on the status of every work station on flat screens.
Lights get added into an end cap at the front of a bus.
Here, a worker installs rails.
Placing a CE bus onto the chassis.
A worker perfects steering wheel alignment.
A bus gets wrapped in plastic for interior paint.
Adding rivets onto the roof.
Adding the driver's window.
A worker prepares a bus for the final exterior touchup and cleaning.
New buses ready for delivery.
Workers add the bow structure to a RE Series bus.
Here, a new bus gets washed.