AGVs Move Parts at Toyota’s Kentucky Assembly Plant May 8, 2012 GEORGETOWN, KY—Toyota’s assembly plant here employs automatic guided vehicles throughout its 7.5 million square foot plant. Read More
The Basis of Productivity Improvement Joseph Gray May 1, 2012 You can’t manage what you can’t measure.Read More
Green Energy Drives Siemens Austin Weber May 1, 2012 Solar inverters and wind turbines share a common production philosophy.Read More
Control Room Plays Pivotal Role at Chrysler Belvidere Austin Weber April 26, 2012 Most people associate control rooms with nuclear power plants, oil refineries or NASA rocket launches.Read More
U.S. Automakers Question JIT April 23, 2012 DETROIT—For the first time in more than 20 years, U.S. automakers are questioning a pillar of manufacturing: The practice of just-in-time manufacturing.Read More
Chrysler Rethinks Its Belvidere Plant Austin Weber April 2, 2012 Fiat design and lean thinking transform an old factory.Read More
Are Cellular Layouts Always Best? Austin Weber March 30, 2012 Many people associate lean manufacturing with U-shaped workcells. Read More
9 Line Layout Mistakes to Avoid Austin Weber March 30, 2012 Traditionally, plant layout has focused on linear lines and process-based departments.Read More
Line Layout Kaizen Austin Weber March 30, 2012 Kaizen is a basic lean tool that can be applied to many things, including plant layout. Read More
You Can’t Beat a Good Old Mockup Austin Weber March 30, 2012 A wide variety of digital tools and computer simulation software is available for creating plant layouts. Read More
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