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Free Handbook Offers Tips for Visual Workplace

May 11, 2012

MILWAUKEE, WI—Brady Corp. has published a new Visual Workplace handbook, a free 21-page guide that outlines best practices for lean visual management.


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AGVs Move Parts at Toyota’s Kentucky Assembly Plant

May 08, 2012

GEORGETOWN, KY—Toyota’s assembly plant here employs automatic guided vehicles throughout its 7.5 million square foot plant.


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The Basis of Productivity Improvement

May 01, 2012
You can’t manage what you can’t measure.


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Control Room Plays Pivotal Role at Chrysler Belvidere

April 26, 2012
Most people associate control rooms with nuclear power plants, oil refineries or NASA rocket launches.


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U.S. Automakers Question JIT

April 23, 2012

DETROIT—For the first time in more than 20 years, U.S. automakers are questioning a pillar of manufacturing: The practice of just-in-time manufacturing.


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Chrysler Rethinks Its Belvidere Plant

April 02, 2012
Fiat design and lean thinking transform an old factory.


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Are Cellular Layouts Always Best?

March 30, 2012
Many people associate lean manufacturing with U-shaped workcells.


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9 Line Layout Mistakes to Avoid

March 30, 2012
Traditionally, plant layout has focused on linear lines and process-based departments.


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Line Layout Kaizen

March 30, 2012
Kaizen is a basic lean tool that can be applied to many things, including plant layout.


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You Can’t Beat a Good Old Mockup

March 30, 2012
A wide variety of digital tools and computer simulation software is available for creating plant layouts.


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Wire Harness

AssemTech Inc. is a busy and growing harness assembly shop in West Chicago, IL. The company has a 12,000-square-foot assembly area and employs 20 full-time harness assemblers - far cry from its early days back in 1986, when founder Chuck Hall and various family members assembled harnesses in his garage.

Podcasts

A Plan to Revive U.S. Manufacturing
In December, the nonpartisan Council on Competitiveness issued a landmark report, Make: An American Manufacturing Movement, that provides dozens of recommendations for addressing the many challenges facing U.S. manufacturers. In this podcast, Jack McDougle, the council’s senior vice president for manufacturing, discusses the council’s vision for reviving U.S. manufacturing. Check out this sneak preview of McDougle’s May 2 keynote address to start Tech ManufactureXPO.

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Lean Hang-Ups

By now, most assembly plants have at least tried lean manufacturing. But, some aspects of lean have been easier to implement than others. What tenet of lean has your assembly plant had the most trouble with?
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Welding: Principles & Practices

This text introduces students to a solid background in the basic principles and practices of welding.

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