Three Manufacturing Trends to Watch in 2024

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The start of the year is a good time to think about what lies ahead. We have identified three trends to keep an eye on in 2024. Each will affect both large and small manufacturers in every industry. Senior editor Austin Weber discusses how the skilled labor shortage, data analytics and artificial intelligence will affect manufacturers.

This episode also covers:

How BMW is retooling its assembly plant in Oxford, England, to produce EVs.
The opening of LG Electronics’ new factory in Fort Worth, TX, which will make charging stations for EVs.
Boeing’s efforts to improve quality control following a Jan. 5 incident when a fuselage door plug blew off a 737 Max 9 jet operated by Alaska Airlines.
How Ford researchers are creating sustainable plastics—from the organic waste produced by olive orchards.

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The ASSEMBLY Show South

ASSEMBLY is thrilled to return to the Music City Center in Nashville, TN for The ASSEMBLY Show SOUTH on May 1-2, 2024. This is a booming time for manufacturing and the U.S. South is right in the heart of the action. According to ASSEMBLY’s most recent annual capital spending survey, the South is projected to account for 31 percent of total spending this year, marking the fifth straight year this region has accounted for at least 30 percent of capital spending in the U.S.

In this session, manufacturers will learn how Quality function deployment (QFD) can transform consumers’ qualitative demands into quantitative parameters that will shape the design of their product and, ultimately, their manufacturing process.

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