Detailed production planning is largely related to efficiency and lean manufacturing practices. It simply involves the careful consideration of variables that affect production. Detailed production ...

Lean manufacturing reduces errors, increases efficiency and minimizes waste. Planning methods that help achieve lean manufacturing keep their focus on each stage of the production process and improve ...

When properly identified and diligently managed, capacity and utilization are the North Star for navigating a strategic growth plan. Without attention to and understanding of these two elements, ...

Additive Manufacturing has been used in many applications, including biomedical, aerospace, energy and automobile. However, its full potential is inhibited by the limitations in design complexity, ...

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The optimisation of process planning has emerged as a pivotal aspect of modern manufacturing, where genetic algorithms (GAs) and hybrid techniques are leveraged to address the combinatorial complexity ...

There’s no denying that supply chains are still playing catch-up from disruptions that occurred throughout 2020 and 2021. From COVID-19 demand shocks to shortages of semiconductor chips, patio ...

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Today, collaboration between product design (computer-aided design, or CAD) and manufacturing processes (computer-aided manufacturing, or CAM) is a robust process due to the tight integration between ...