American automakers have launched an aggressive campaign to transform their aging assembly plants into state-of-the-art agile facilities that can produce multiple vehicle platforms on the same line.
Activity-based costing: an accounting system that assigns costs to products based on the amount of resources used to design, order or make a product. Andon board: a visual control device
Aladco Waukesha, WI 262-544-5994 www.aladco.com Carr Lane Manufacturing Co. St. Louis 314-647-6200 www.carrlane.com De-Sta-Co Madison Heights, MI 248-397-6700 www.destaco.com PHD Inc. Fort Wayne, IN 219-747-6151 www.phdinc.com Schunk Inc. Morrisville, NC
Adept Technology Inc. Livermore, CA 800-292-3378 www.adept.com Bosch Rexroth Corp. Buchanan, MI 800-32-BOSCH www.boschrexroth-us.com Denso Sales California Inc. Long Beach, CA 310-513-8550 www.densorobotics.com Epson America Inc. Carson, CA 866-762-6871 www.robots.epson.com
Ross Controls (Troy, MI) is an international supplier of pneumatic and hydraulic controls, such as industrial valves. The 81-year-old independent company has an extensive product line that consists of more than 5,000 items.
All automated equipment consists of three fundamental components: a point of operation, a power transmission device and operating controls. However, safeguarding needs vary widely due to different physical characteristics and operator involvement.
Five separate groups of amateur aviators are vying to walk in the footsteps of aerospace pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright. The goal of each organization is to build a reproduction of the Wright Flyer, the first aircraft to achieve the age-old dream of controlled and powered flight.
Anne Stevens, vice president of North American vehicle operations at Ford Motor Co. (Dearborn, MI), referred to mass customization during her recent keynote speech at the 2002 Assembly Technology Expo in Rosemont, IL. According to Stevens, "customization" means making products in small lots or batches with volumes as little as one.
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