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Feature Articles
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 | Lean Manufacturing: The ABCs of A3 Reports
The A3 process is a simple way of getting a problem, an analysis, a corrective action or an action plan written down on a single sheet of large paper, often with the use of graphics. Many manufacturers use it as a powerful lean management tool.
by Austin Weber
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 | Plastics Assembly: Reducing Costs Through Compliant Design
Traditionally, automobiles, airplanes, refrigerators and other products contain a wide variety of rigid parts connected by joints that are designed to be strong and stiff. In the future, engineers will use more compliant mechanisms, which contain a single-piece flexible structure that elastically deforms without joints to produce desired functionality.
by Austin Weber
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