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A look back at the 1998 State of the Profession survey reveals some sobering statistics.

The last time the U.S. economy suffered a recession was in 2001. While economic conditions today are similar, the overall outlook remains much healthier.

Manufacturing engineer salaries are influenced by factors such as age, experience, industry and company size.

A timeline of key engineering and manufacturing milestones from GM's first century.

Design engineer salaries are influenced by factors such as age, experience, industry and company size.

In this third installment of Bosch Rexroth's "Lean Manufacturing Audio Series," veteran product engineer and Lean Learning Center founder Jamie Flinchbaugh talks about how OEMs and manufacturers can design their equipment to be more effective, more productive and more in tune with a lean manufacturing environment.

In this second installment of Bosch Rexroth's "Lean Manufacturing Audio Series," Jamie Flinchbaugh, a veteran product engineer, and founder and partner of the Lean Learning Center (Novi, MI) discusses how lean principles can be applied to the engineering process to help improve work quality and productivity.

Five recently published books explain how manufacturers can harness the power of innovation to compete successfully in today's flat world.

Manufacturers that want to improve their product development process must be market readers, need seekers or technology drivers.

People are good at some things, and machines are better at others. It's important to distinguish between them when considering an automation project.