Human touch is missing
13th September 1980, Page 31
13th September 1980
Page 31
Page 31, 13th September 1980
— Human touch is missing
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SIX specialists can run Ford's huge new parts distribution centre at Merkenich, Germany. One of six cranes, acting on orders from a computer, can locate a part in any of 26,000 storage compartments, pick it and deliver it to a fork truck in less than three minutes. Errors are said to be impossible.
That's German efficiency, even if it lacks the human touch.