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process improvement in automotive manufacturing

Chesterton’s Fence and the Art of Process Improvement

Jon Quigley
March 14, 2024

Chesterton’s Fence serves as a symbolic reminder that what may appear unnecessary or obsolete at first glance may have a purpose integral to the system.


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sustainable manufacturing

Manufacturers Are Embracing the Circular Economy

John Sprovieri
March 13, 2024

Manufacturers are increasingly thinking about the impact of their operations on the environment and on scarce resources


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BattChallenge

BattChallenge Fosters Next-Generation EV Engineers

Austin Weber
Austin Weber
March 11, 2024

The BattChallenge tasks 12 universities, along with their vocational school partners, to design, build, test and integrate an advanced lithium-ion battery into a Stellantis electric vehicle.


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manufacturing plant

Congress Should Ease Tax Burden on Manufacturers

John Sprovieri
February 19, 2024

Manufacturers’ ability to create jobs in the United States, invest in communities and compete in the global economy is threatened by recent tax policy changes that make it more costly to perform research, buy machinery and finance capital investments.


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Moser on Manufacturing

Reshoring Unpacked: A Transformational Shift From Global To Local

Harry Moser
January 24, 2024

New research reveals that 25 percent of global trade will relocate within three years amid economic and geopolitical instability.


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construction equipment manufacturing

Two Years Later, Infrastructure Law Is Having an Impact

John Sprovieri
January 23, 2024

Since the BIL passed, state and local capital investment has rebounded and returned to pre-pandemic levels. The two-year increase in state and local capital investment as a share of state and local spending—1.6 percentage points—is the largest since 1979.


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Smart Factory Lab

‘Smart Factory’ Lab Brings Automation to Life at Purdue

Austin Weber
Austin Weber
January 19, 2024

Developing the next generation of manufacturing engineers requires new types of hands-on education. That’s why Purdue Polytechnic’s School of Engineering Technology (SoET) recently built a state-of-the-art facility that features cutting-edge production equipment.


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skilled workforce development

A Look Back at 2023: The Reshoring Year in Review

Harry Moser
December 12, 2023

With the calendar turning to December and the countdown to 2024 almost upon us, I wanted to recap my articles from the past year and their key takeaways.


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direct welding

New Michigan Method Joins Dissimilar Materials

Austin Weber
Austin Weber
November 15, 2023

A new “direct joining” method recently developed at the University of Michigan can be used to attach a variety of plastic and metal components.


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electronics manufacturing

Resiliency in the Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Requires a Team Approach

John Sprovieri
November 14, 2023

Companies involved in creating the products and components that are critical to our everyday lives face an urgent need to make their supply chains less vulnerable to events that could interrupt their businesses.


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