{"id":224,"date":"2018-07-25T16:53:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T21:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/pforzheim-germany-summer2018\/?p=224"},"modified":"2018-07-25T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T21:53:54","slug":"mercedes-bus-manufacturing-and-ouvrage-four-a-chaux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/pforzheim-germany-summer2018\/2018\/07\/25\/mercedes-bus-manufacturing-and-ouvrage-four-a-chaux\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes Bus Manufacturing and Ouvrage Four-\u00e0-Chaux"},"content":{"rendered":"

So this manufacturing plant in\"\" Mannheim, Germany<\/strong> built only buses. It was interesting to see a product-oriented plant rather than a process-oriented one and how they function. Since every bus is unique, they can’t build on them on a conventional assembly line. I wasn’t sure how I would feel about visiting\u00a0a bus plant, but it was great and certainly shows you a different perspective of manufacturing.<\/p>\n

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Next, we visited a WWII trench fortress in Lembach, France<\/strong>. Kinda creepy, but reaaaally\u00a0interesting. I enjoy war history so this was a treat to see how soldiers lived in these bunkers for months. I was taken back by the technology in this facility; for its time, it’s very impressive and well thought out. One example, the 70-ton cannons above the fort can be lifted by one person with the mechanical mechanism in place, crazy right?<\/p>\n

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