Why Factory
THE CAR ISN'T THE
HARD PART.
THE FACTORY IS.
Most people still treat factories as a cost center.
That's the wrong model.
@elonmusk:
"I love factories. Honestly. A lot of people these days don't love factories or haven't even been to one, but I've walked the line in every factory and I'm a big fan."
"This is a great place to be. You make things that have good utility. People love the product. Building a product people love, that's great."
That's why the factory matters.
• N cost centers — plants treated as overhead
• 1 factory-as-product — designed like the car
• Walk the line — utility people love
• Software scales on servers — hardware scales on a line
The car isn't the hard part.
The machine that makes the machine is.