Manufacturing/Production We live in a society that relies on manufacturing and production. We would not enjoy the lifestyles we do without this magic.
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It's a long way from Southern California to Detroit, but it's much closer if your company manufactures a product for the automotive supply chain.
And that is not likely a good place to be right now, especially if you make a one of the thousand or so products that go into vehicles made by General Motors, Chrysler or Ford.
And analysts say the situation is likely to get worse, possibly as soon as this month. |
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Sunday 1 February, 2009 06:03 PM |
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Bad things may happen when outsourced manufacturing does not align with your quality targets, says Ari Pihlajavesi.
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Wednesday 28 January, 2009 02:01 AM |
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We've seen big car manufacturers face market uncertainties over the past weeks. Leading Japanese car maker Toyota Motor Corp . has cut production at several North American plants to halve its inventory of vehicles. Let's evaluate how stock can be managed effectively, how to save costs and try to maintain a high level of customer service. |
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Tuesday 27 January, 2009 03:18 AM |
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A Massachusetts battery designer said Wednesday it plans to build a manufacturing plant in southeast Michigan to supply batteries for Detroit automakers
A123 Systems says the plant will be the first of several across the country that could eventually employ 14,000 people and supply batteries for 5 million hybrid vehicles or 500,000 plug-in hybrids by 2013. The company says it will spend $2.3 billion on the factories, and has applied for $1.8 billion in federal loans under the $25-billion advanced technology program that Congress funded last year.
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Thursday 8 January, 2009 03:44 PM |
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MAXITEC has launched a technique which can speed up the sheetmetal cutting process by eliminating the need for engineering drawings.
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According to the company, the automated sheetmetal cutting has traditionally been done according to hardcopy engineering drawings.
When a test piece is cut, it would be compared to one of these drawings. If the piece failed, the drawing would have to changed and tested again, until a workable finished product was produced. The company says redrawing could take about eight hours.
The ‘re-engineering’ tool is a digital interface which can carry out the entire job design before a piece is produced. It carries out a single accuracy test to detect any anomalies, which can be adjusted without affecting production. |
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Wednesday 3 December, 2008 02:30 PM |
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Sustainability efforts involve many of the same things involved in effective manufacturing improvement and in waste reduction efforts, Cusworth says. He offered advice for now and in the future regarding retrofits and new manufacturing lines, looking at processes and technologies.
“Focus to date has been on low-hanging fruit, such as lightweight containers and reduction in primary and secondary packing,” usually with disconnected initiatives, Cusworth says. “Few companies have undertaken integrated sustainability across functions, even though it has been talked about for years. It’s not corporate culture yet.” Integrated sustainability is good for business and efficiency, he adds. Lean and clean programs can incorporate sustainability for existing lines without significant extra spend. |
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Tuesday 18 November, 2008 08:15 PM |
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After 18 months, The Schaeffler Group has now completed the manufacture of two giant spherical roller bearings for the world’s tallest observation wheel, China’s new Beijing Wheel. Two giant-sized sphericalroller bearings have now been completed, ready for use on the world’stallest observation wheel, China’s brand new Beijing Wheel. In total,around 22 tonnes of steel has gone into producing the two hub bearings. Each bearing has an outside diameter of 3,200mm, an inner ring boreof 2,600mm and a ring width of 630mm. Each bearing incorporates 118 rollers, each of these weighing around 20kg. |
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Saturday 15 November, 2008 11:45 PM |
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AVEVA recently announced that Houston Community College (HCC) is increasing the number of courses, as well as the number of campuses, that provide training in AVEVA's Plant Design Management System (PDMS). AVEVA's higher education-industry partnership with HCC is part of an ongoing effort to help alleviate the severe labor shortage of engineers and piping designers trained in 3-D design that continues to challenge the energy industry.
Rob Glasier, head of U.S. operations for AVEVA, said "Despite the great demand for qualified 3-D pipe designers and the six-figure salaries they can command, there simply is not enough skilled labor out there, which can delay owners and operators from moving forward with projects. We're working to solve this labor scarcity by increasing PDMS training opportunities – with our customers, through partnerships with industry associations, such as the Society of Piping and Engineering Designers (SPED), and with educational institutions. AVEVA has donated over $2M in software to regional colleges and universities to date, with over $1M in software donated to HCC alone." |
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Thursday 13 November, 2008 09:02 PM |
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GM India is confident of achieving 20% growth in car sales compared to last year in spite of the recession and the growing interest rates. This is against the general Industry growth rate of 7%. GM targets to produce 80, 000 vehicles this year and even it falls short by even 10,000 it would still be 20% more than last years production According to General Motors India Vice-President, Mr P. Balendran, the market share of GM cars in Indian market would grow to 10 % by 2010 from the current market share of 4%. |
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Monday 3 November, 2008 02:53 PM |
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Plant operators face an increasingly global supply chain with shorter delivery timelines, tighter product specifications and other downward pressures at a time when production costs are rising across the board. To counteract those pressures, plant managers must recognize industry trends and act fast to capitalize. |
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Wednesday 29 October, 2008 02:45 PM |
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"We want a Cabinet minister who eats, breathes, sleeps manufacturing - a champion for our sector."
Fraser Engineer Group managers Martin and Raewyn Simpson listened politely, and nodded in agreement at times, as the National Party's transport and IT spokesman Maurice Williamson and Hutt South candidate Paul Quinn last week outlined their priorities for industry and sparking the economy.
National's pledges to ramp up investment in broadband and roads ($500m more a year on new roads than is currently spent), and cut Resource Management Act clauses that put the brakes on development, are all fine by the couple who spearhead the award-winning Wingate engineering and fire appliance firm. |
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Tuesday 21 October, 2008 01:58 PM |
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As precision manufactured parts become more complex, so does the task of accurately measuring those parts. In medical, aerospace and motorsport engineering, where tolerances are particularly tight, metrologists need reliable, high accuracy multi-sensor measuring capability.
The new SmartScope Vantage 300, provides no-compromise full 4-axis part measurement using a combination of video, touch probe, micro-probe and optional laser, with the ability to switch reliably between measurement systems during the same set-up. |
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Wednesday 1 October, 2008 02:29 PM |
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China will begin the mass production of its Shenzhou (Divine Vessel) spacecraft starting from Shenzhou 8, the chief designer of the spacecraft system of China's manned space program told Xinhua Friday.
Zhang Bainan said the mass-produced model will serve as a shuttle between China's space station and the ground, and may also transport astronauts and cargo for other countries.
The ground test is already being done on the prototype of the Shenzhou 8, He said, adding that a raft of ground tests and the seven successful outer space missions from Shenzhou 1 to Shenzhou 7 have laid "solid technical foundation" for the confirmation of final design.
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Friday 26 September, 2008 09:14 PM |
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A combination of trends, such as outsourcing and off-shoring, are radically changing the way manufacturing organizations work. As a result of off-shoring, teams are often geographically distributed. Outsourcing creates another twist -- key tasks in product design, engineering and manufacturing are likely to be done by component suppliers or contract manufacturers.
Most importantly, vertical organizations are becoming a thing of the past. They are being replaced with cross-department, cross-company, geographically distributed, flexible teams. As a result of these trends, it is possible that a project team for product design, manufacturing or product launch is faced with trying to communicate between employees who work for different companies and are based in different locations. In addition, the rise of global competition, thinner profit margins and time-to-market considerations require that these virtual teams come together on short notice to create and execute an error-free project faster than ever before. |
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Friday 26 September, 2008 09:04 AM |
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Adoption of product lifecycle management (PLM) technology is reaching record levels, with analysts predicting sustained growth for the next five years. Management in a widening number of industry sectors are viewing PLM as a critical enterprise investment -- to collaboratively integrate people, processes and business systems with information.
According to statistics compiled by the consulting/research firm CIMdata, the PLM market experienced a stronger-than-expected 13.5% growth rate to reach an estimated $24.3 billion in 2007 for software and related services. The increase exceeds earlier forecasts and involves companies of all sizes in a growing number of industries, notes Ken Amann, CIMdata's director of research. Motivating factors start with CIMdata's research findings that implementations can quickly develop returns on investment of 100% to 300%, while economists continue predictions of possible global economic downturn.
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Wednesday 17 September, 2008 11:21 AM |
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OMAN. The Public Establishment for Industrial Estates (PEIE) will host its annual 'Smart Manufacturing Conference' on 3-4 November 2008 at the Muscat InterContinental Hotel.
Held under the patronage of HE Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, Minister of Commerce & Industry and Chairman, PEIE, Smart Manufacturing is an annual two-day event specifically designed for professionals in the manufacturing sector. Featured speakers consist of leading industry experts from Europe, Asia and the Gulf who will present on key strategies and technologies that are driving today’s manufacturing industry.
“This year's event will explore what’s behind manufacturing’s efforts in marketing, logistics, finance, human resource development and product quality. The conference is open to all and will draw representation from Al Jazeera Steel Products; Oman Development Bank: Reem Batteries; Cisco; Oman Textile Mills; Infocomm; Microsoft; the Information Technology Authority; Sweets of Oman; National Bank of Oman and DHL. It’s an eclectic and exciting line-up of professionals,” remarked PEIE’s Mulkie Al Hashmi and Smart Manufacturing Conference Co-ordinator. |
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Monday 8 September, 2008 10:44 AM |
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North American manufacturers consider the United States the most desirable country for expansion over the next three years, according to a survey released today by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) (www.nam.org), The Manufacturing Institute, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
The largest number of North American companies (44 percent) say they intend to expand production in the United States over the next three years. 57 percent of U.S. manufacturers say they will become more globally competitive over the next five years across the supply chain from sales, marketing and customer service to engineering and information technology. |
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Wednesday 2 July, 2008 01:35 AM |
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CINCINNATI - For manufacturing companies striving for lean ERP , the ability to embrace product and engineering changes is central to achieving responsiveness to demand, according to Mike Burkett, Vice President of Research, AMR Research, Inc. This is especially true for those in aerospace and defense (A&D). |
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Tuesday 1 July, 2008 09:33 PM |
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Corus Process Engineering (CPE) , part of Corus Northern Engineering Services (CNES), has successfully completed the manufacture and assembly of two, six-metre-diameter steel lifting girdles. These will be used to remove 400-tonne heat exchangers from the reactors at Calder Hall nuclear plant in Cumbria. |
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Sunday 29 June, 2008 05:09 AM |
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NEW YORK - Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc . said Thursday it will invest $200 million over four years to boost manufacturing capacity in India, as part of its plan to increase its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
Caterpillar will raise production of off-highway trucks made at its facility near Chennai, which are used for coal and other mining jobs in India. |
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Friday 27 June, 2008 09:46 PM |
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OTTAWA - Hugh Thompson knows he's part of a dying breed, a Canadian manufacturer who still makes products that come with the red-Maple-Leaf emblazoned "Made in Canada" label.
The president of Cambridge Towel Corp., specializing in bathroom towels, rugs, shower curtains and other accessories, Thompson sells his Canadian-made products throughout the country through retailers such as Wal-Mart, The Bay, Zellers and Sears. |
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Friday 27 June, 2008 05:43 PM |
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