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From catheters to syringes to blood-processing equipment, presses are crucial to manufacturing quality products

You can’t manage what you can’t measure.

Porosity and sealing affect engine blocks, wheels and other big auto parts.

CHICAGO—Seventy-two percent of small and midsized manufacturers expect their revenues to increase this year. In addition, 56 percent plan to add employees, and 41 percent plan to increase capital expenditures from 2011 levels, according to a new survey from Prime Advantage.

NEW YORK—Consideration of cost components such as labor, taxes, real estate and utilities are the key measures most companies use to decide where to locate assembly plants. However, non-cost factors are often the decisive factor.

WASHINGTON—U.S. corporations were sitting on $1.24 trillion of cash at the end of 2011. However, recent data indicate firms are finally starting to spend that cash on things that will actually grow the economy.

Many people associate lean manufacturing with U-shaped workcells.

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

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