Automation Boosts Output by 25 Percent at LG Appliance Assembly Plant
CHANGWON, South Korea—Automation has enabled LG Electronics to boost productivity, decrease defects and increase safety at its appliance assembly plant here.
During the past five years, the facility has been able tp increase output by 25 percent without increasing head count, according to Kang Myeong-suk, a task leader at the factory, which makes refrigerators, washers and dryers.