ASSEMBLY Magazine's three editors: John Sprovieri, Chief Editor; Austin Weber, both of whom have been journalists with the magazine for 20-plus years, and Jennifer Pierce, Multimedia Editor and the host of ASSEMBLY Audible, put their heads together to recap ASSEMBLY Show 2022 highlights. The editors discuss the show's keynote presentation, ASSEMBLY's Plant of the Year Award, which new products stood out on the show floor, who had the most exciting booth, and how things have changed over the years. Listen to the Editor's Round-Up for the latest in assembly technology, processes, and products.

In September 2022, Deloitte released its 2022 Manufacturing Supply Chain Study, "Meeting the Challenge of Supply Chain Disruption." The study examines how traditional manufacturing supply chains are evolving to balance costs, efficiency, and resilience. We're joined by Stephen Laaper, Principal and Smart Factory Leader, Deloitte Consulting, to discuss the studies' findings and how one may develop strategies from those findings. Stephen draws upon a comprehensive mix of industry, consulting, and technology experience to focus on creating value at the intersection of operations and technology. Read the study here.

What does the factory of the future entail? Will manual assembly involve a preconfigured, turnkey workstation powered by augmented reality software? Our winner of The ASSEMBLY Show factory of the future product, LightGuide, has seen a 90 percent improvement in quality, 50 percent improvement in throughput, and 30 percent improvement in training effectiveness in environments with user-friendly light guide workstations in use. Chris Bala discusses LightGuide's strategic and innovative approach. Learn more at www.lightguidesys.com.

Panasonic secured the new product award for fastening tools at The ASSEMBLY Show in Rosemont with the AccuPulse 4.0, a cordless mechanical pulse tool equipped with four onboard microcomputers and a built-in torque transducer for quality control, accuracy, and data collection on the assembly line. Panasonic's Aziz Lokhandwala joins us for a podcast recording to tell us more about the development of their assembly tool award winner. Find out more at http://na.panasonic.com/us/assemblytools. 

Congratulations to DELO Industrial Adhesives on winning the best product award for Adhesives, Dispensing & Curing at The ASSEMBLY Show 2022. DELO developed a new process for applying UV-cure adhesives that combines dispensing and preactivation in a single step, called DELO-Activis 600. Devyesh Rana of DELO joins us from the ASSEMBLY Audible booth at the show to tell us what makes their award-winning product unique. Learn more about the process at www.delo-adhesives.com/us.

Without a doubt, forming and fastening are crucial elements of any successful assembly process. Jennifer Pierce, Multimedia Editor, is joined by two longtime assembly experts and ASSEMBLY Show exhibitors, Jake Sponsler, the President of Orbitform, and Bryan Wright, Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Orbitform designs, manufactures, and builds assembly machines to fasten and form parts permanently. They service versatile industries, including aerospace, automotive, medical, hand tools, furniture, sporting goods, firearms, construction, HVAC, and consumer goods, with their lines of products and real-time service providers. Equal parts excellence in technology, products, and customer service. Find out more at www.orbitform.com.

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Recorded from The ASSEMBLY Show in Rosemont, we connect with one of ASSEMBLY Audible's biggest supporters throughout 2022, Bill Eppich, the CEO of the WEISS Group. WEISS is a longtime manufacturer of rotary indexing tables, robotics, and motion control solutions with global headquarters in Buchen, Germany, and regional headquarters for the Americas in Cleveland, OH. We chat with Bill from the show floor to gain insight into his perspective on the current factory automation trends and which Weiss products address the market's demands.

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