Patent ID: 8844109

Claim:
A method for manufacturing motor vehicles at a manufacturing location, from which first and second models of fully assembled motor vehicles are discharged in a planned number and order of output, the first and second models being different from one another, the method comprising: bundling first modules of the first model bodies in a first specific assembly stage at a first production shop and in a bundled order conforming to the order of output and a travel time between the first production shop and the manufacturing location to define first bundled modules, discontinuously delivering the first bundled modules from the first production shop to the manufacturing location, feeding the first models in the first specific assembly stage and in the bundled order into a sequencing station at an entry to a joint manufacturing line at the manufacturing location, bundling second modules of the second model bodies at a second production shop in a second specific assembly stage that is less fully developed than the first specific assembly stage, the bundling being carried out to produce second bundled modules having a bundled order conforming to the order of output and a travel time between the second production shop and the manufacturing location, delivering the second bundled modules to the manufacturing location, manufacturing the second modules at the manufacturing location so that the second modules reach an assembly stage at the manufacturing location that is equivalent to the first specific assembly stage, feeding the second modules into the joint manufacturing line at the sequencing station alternately with the first modules in an alternating sequence to achieve the planned number and order of each of the models, and completing the manufacturing of both of the models in the joint manufacturing line, wherein timepoints for starting production of the modules is determined as a function of the planned number and of the order of output.