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Leading Lean: Manage Your Time!

Jamie Flinchbaugh
March 20, 2008
It is not possible to overstate the importance of asking how, why and when you should commit to a lean journey!
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Station to Station: Buffers Maximize Uptime in Automated Assembly

John Sprovieri
February 26, 2008
Although nonsynchronous systems are slower than synchronous systems in terms of assemblies per minute, they are more efficient than cam-driven systems. Photo courtesy Merritech Contrary to the claims of promotional
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Quality in Assembly: Machine Vision Helps Carmakers Ensure Quality

John Sprovieri
February 26, 2008
The sealing surfaces on a transmission manifold must be free of defects that would allow pressurized hydraulic fluid to leak. A machine vision system readily finds such defects at production
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Assembly In Action: Actuators Ensure Precision

February 21, 2008
MacGregor Welding Systems manufactures a wide range of micro-resistance and pulsed micro-arc equipment, which is used in the medical, aerospace and automotive industries to perform high reliability joining and interconnection of electronic components and subassemblies.
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Assembly In Action: ERP Helps Machine Builder Manage Demand

February 21, 2008
Belvac Production Machinery Inc. manufactures high-speed trimming, necking, base reprofiling and reforming, shaping, bottom rim coating and flanging machines for beverage can makers around the world.
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Assembly In Action: Unovis Employs Flexible Conveyors

February 21, 2008
Assembly In Action: Unovis Solutions builds assembly machines for a variety of electronics manufacturers serving the automotive, medical and semiconductor industries.
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Assembly In Action: Portable Marker Facilitates Traceability

February 21, 2008
Northstar Aerospace Inc. manufactures gears, transmissions, accessory gearbox assembles, rotorcraft drive systems and other machined and fabricated parts for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
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Leading Lean: Leadership or Management?

Jamie Flinchbaugh
February 21, 2008
Management and leadership are both necessary for a successful lean transformation. Neither alone is sufficient.
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Editorial: Enough Engineers?

Don Hegland
February 21, 2008
Several months ago we asked whether there are too few engineers for American manufacturing, or whether there are too many. Not surprisingly, opinions differed
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Quality in Assembly: Medical Device Assembler Gets Lean, Improves Quality

John Sprovieri
January 25, 2008
When medical device manufacturer Medrad Inc. needed to unlock hidden potential in its assembly lines, it got lean.
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