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
Since industrial wireless is still an evolving technology, many manufacturing engineers are reluctant to try it in their plants. Jeremy Bryant, an automation technology specialist at Siemens Energy & Automation
Although renowned for their flexibility, robots can still be limited by their end effectors. For example, equip your favorite SCARA robot with a suction gripper, and it will be hard-pressed
Although expensive and still a rarity, there is little doubt that laser welding of thermoplastics will grow in popularity. There are a number of reasons for this. For one thing,
ATLANTA-First it was cheap labor. Now it's research and development. However, contrary to popular belief, low cost alone isn't the reason more and more companies are outsourcing their R&D operations
Blister pack: a thermoformed cavity in plastic that is then sealed to an insert card with a product in between. Blister packs are a cost-effective packaging solution that allows
On average, it takes up to 120 days to recognize and correct a warranty problem in the auto industry, with each day costing up to $1 million in service, labor,
Equipment integration is an important piece of the changeover puzzle that shouldn't be overlooked. Packaging lines typically contain a wide variety of machines from many different vendors. While there are
To say that industry and environmentalists don't always get along would be putting it mildly. Environmentalists are all about keeping the world in its natural state. Manufacturers are in the
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