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Ramp-Down
Engineering

Ramp-Down

Controlled reduction of production volume before product phase-out, transfer or shutdown.

Examples

  1. 01During ramp-down of the old dishwasher model, weekly output falls from 400 to 100 units over two months.
  2. 02The ramp-down plan is reviewed with purchasing every week so that variant-specific parts run out at the same time as demand.
  3. 03As the ramp-down progresses, operators move to the new model line in groups, with training scheduled in advance.

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