Handmaking KOBEN ※is inconvenient, considering the production efficiency and the skills required by engineers, but there are thought to be benefits, such as simply reducing the investment towards facilities and improvement of skill and motivation. Other than this example, we were shown BoI found in the automotive industry.
A luxury car from Germany. As opposed to the convenience of having the car delivered to your home, potential customers can visit the factory from anywhere in Germany, and after seeing their car being assembled by hand, drive the car home themselves. That’s nice. Also, in order to be able to go as part of a family holiday, there is a hotel and theme park near the factory.
At one point, Harleys had drastically decreased due to competition for convenient Japanese cars, but it’s wonderful to see the revival of tremendously normal Harleys these days