Items Tagged with 'continuous improvement'

For manufacturers seeking to improve operational performance, understanding how waste appears on the shop floor — and how to remove it — is often the first step toward a more efficient production environment.

LOGAN, UT—An iron ore mine in Brazil that uses state-of the-art autonomous vehicles is the recipient of the 2026 Shingo Prize.

MUNICH—BMW plants in Landshut and Wackersdorf, Germany, creates instrument panels just-in-time to minimize overproduction, excess inventory and waste.

Get a preview of the upcoming ASSEMBLY Show, co-located with SMTA, through this collaborative podcast with Greg Vance of Rockwell Automation and SMTA’s president of the board of directors.

Kaizen is a key tool for creating a culture of continuous improvement. 

LISLE, IL—Molex Inc. has acquired AirBorn Inc., a leading supplier of connectors and electronic components used in aerospace and defense applications.

Multimedia Editor and Host Jennifer Pierce shares highlights from the ASSEMBLY Audible podcast.

Only one white goods manufacturer has ever received the Assembly Plant of the Year award: GE Appliances’ refrigerator factory in Decatur, AL.

AGCO Corp’s assembly plant in Jackson, MN, has gone green.

More than a decade ago, Northrop Grumman adopted production technology from the auto industry and unveiled an automated assembly line to mass-produce fuselages for the F-35 jet fighter.