Additive manufacturing (AM) has witnessed tremendous growth as its focus has shifted from prototypes to end-use functional parts. However, the industry has a set of critical production challenges, ...

Lean manufacturing reduces errors, increases efficiency and minimizes waste. Planning methods that help achieve lean manufacturing keep their focus on each stage of the production process and improve ...

With margins being squeezed from both ends, it is crucial for manufacturers to find “smarter” production methods without increasing costs or adding to already overburdened workloads, advised a new ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. When you design, do you also simulate? If you do simulate, is it at the beginning, halfway through your design, or at ...

It’s a question that crops up with amazing regularity: What’s next after lean manufacturing? It’s an odd inquiry, really, because it implies that you “finish” lean or toss it aside in favor of the ...

Lean manufacturing is a production system that eliminates waste through all steps in the process to build a product. Companies using lean systems work to reduce costs, inventory and cycle time -- the ...