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Clipped to the Drawing Board by George Tan
In a competitive global busines environment , successful manufacturing managers have embraced lean strategies to keep their production humming and to sustain profits. But it is problematic when managers attempt to apply an ad hoc lean strategy to factory maintenance.
Unfortunately, a lack of strategic planning in many plants today causes assets to deteriorate.
The long-term consequences of such short-term decision-making can cost the manufacturer deeply, and can include declining manufacturing efficiencies, late customer shipments, declining machine availability, and declining product quality.
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Thursday 12 June, 2008 06:54 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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Mining Technologies, a business unit of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, has decided to manufacture its inverter/control components for shovels and trucks at its Nashik factory to meet demand for mining equipment in India.
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Thursday 12 June, 2008 04:53 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Pat Sheen
Hill Engineering Ltd signed an agreement to supply its unique 'Safety First' Auto-Loc excavator quick hitch to Woods Equipment Company, one of the USA's largest independent manufacturers and suppliers of construction and agricultural equipment attachments.
Woods Equipment Company provides customers in the USA and Canada with a large selection of attachments for excavators, wheel loaders, tractor loader backhoes and skid steer loaders.
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Thursday 12 June, 2008 08:52 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
Building on five years of double-digit growth, CEPS’ Jim and Ellen Umland have leveraged the grant to get lean and stay lean.
The purchase of CEPS Inc., founded in 1982 in West Lebanon, NH, was a way for the couple to return to New England, where they had family, explained Jim Umland, president of the company.
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Thursday 12 June, 2008 06:51 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Here is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the book Green Electronics Design & Manufacturing , by Sammy G. Shina. This chapter looks at how to develop a green product development strategy.
1.2 The Development of Green Design and Manufacturing Competency
One of the most difficult steps in the initiation of a green product development strategy is where to get started. The green knowledge base for product development is widely distributed and not readily available within the organization, in the design or process teams..............
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Thursday 12 June, 2008 04:49 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Barot Casha
The Nigerian government has plans to engage its nationals, especially young engineers to be sound steel and metal operators, as the oil rich west African state gears itself to become one of Africa’s giant steel producer.
The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Ahmed Mohammed Gusau, said his ministry along with other stakeholders was all out to ensure that they win back investors’ into the country’s steel industry.
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Wednesday 11 June, 2008 10:44 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
ISLAMABAD - Overall manufacturing posted a growth of 5.4 per cent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2007-08 against the target of 10.9 per cent and 8.1 per cent of last year, which is weakest growth in a decade.
The main reasons for weakest growth are as heightened political tension, deteriorating law and order, growing power shortages, cumulative impact of monetary tightening and rising cost of doing business.
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Wednesday 11 June, 2008 04:40 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
KARACHI: Like every new government the present government has also pledged to start a major programme for the training of human resource, a capital resource that Pakistan has failed to exploit.
The industry has seen phenomenal growth in last 15 years with heavy investments in BMR (balancing, modernising and replacement). The industrialists have installed new machineries using computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) operating on computer-aided design (CAD) but there is a dearth of persons to run the CAD CAMs.
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Wednesday 11 June, 2008 08:57 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
At the NIDV Holland Pavilion on Eurosatory, organized in Paris from 16th until 20th of June, the Netherlands Industries for Defense and Security (NIDV) presents:
Hidden innovations & Quality of production
for integrated systems
The innovation and quality is achieved in key application areas where urgent international operational needs are encountered by our strengths:
1. new materials for protection;
2. quality of production in (inter)national vehicle programs
3. hidden innovations with distinctive components that influence the overall performance of the equipment;
4. ongoing experience from recent (desert) operations transformed into ideas, innovations and products.
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Wednesday 11 June, 2008 12:00 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
Due to ongoing losses and lackluster demand for NOR flash memory, Spansion Inc. announced it will cut approximately 500 positions worldwide.
The move affects regular, contract and temporary workers in manufacturing, engineering, management and administrative support functions.
As part of a move to cut costs, the company is also pursuing its strategy to increase the ratio of its engineering and administrative functions in lower cost regions, such as Malaysia and China.
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Tuesday 10 June, 2008 08:52 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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The bulk of the news from drupa had to do with product and technology announcements, but some of it didn’t. Here’s a roundup of items that we found newsworthy even though we can’t report them in terms of how fast they run, what stock thicknesses they can handle, how many colors they can print, etc. We gleaned most of them in lulls between press conferences, booth tours, and all of the other scheduled events that make drupa a journalistic enduro for those rash enough to try to “cover” it.
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Monday 9 June, 2008 08:41 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Rose Shah
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Chennai, Brussels: WABCO Holdings Inc. has announced the inauguration of two manufacturing facilities located in India and the extension of an existing software design center that are owned by WABCO-TVS (India) Ltd., an affiliate of WABCO and its joint venture partner, a member of the TVS Group.
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Friday 6 June, 2008 04:10 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ali Hamoud
FRANKFURT - Some German equipment makers look likely to defy gloomy economic trends and emerge as winners from the oil price crunch.
Booming revenues of the world's oil producers are brightening German engineering companies' prospects because petro-dollar recycling is creating demand for machinery, equipment and investment goods.
The economies of the Arab nations, Russia and some Latin American countries have grown more stable during the run on raw materials, which is also reflected in stable demand for emerging market bonds, said Commerzbank Chief Economist Joerg Kraemer.
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Friday 6 June, 2008 10:02 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
BURLINGAME, Calif. — The automotive industry is pushing for fewer defects in chip designs, prompting the need for a new ASIC methodology.
In fact, there is a push towards "zero defects" in ASICs within automotive systems, said Valentin von Tils, vice president of ASIC development for Robert Bosch GmbH.
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Friday 6 June, 2008 05:51 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
Offshore Solutions Now Offers Sourcing, Consulting and Inspection Services Onsite in China
Beaverton, Oregon and Shenzhen, China. May 21, 2008. Offshore Solutions Inc. (Offshore), an Oregon, USA company with offices in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Tianjin, China, announces that it is now offering onsite sourcing, consulting and inspection services in China. This is in addition to its traditional business of selling high quality Chinese-made custom engineered parts.
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Friday 6 June, 2008 02:55 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne
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DENVER - MacDermid, Incorporated announced today that MacDermid Offshore Solutions has commenced manufacturing its offshore fluid products in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the MacDermid Anion facility. The MacDermid Anion manufacturing facility offers the identical high quality products currently being manufactured at its facilities in Pasadena, Texas and Wigan, England.
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Wednesday 4 June, 2008 08:09 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Ryan
Britain's manufacturers today provide the government with some rare good news on the economy when they report that strong growth in exports to the Middle East and China has given the sector a 10th successive quarter of growth.
In its quarterly survey, the industry body EEF helped counter the gloom from the housing market and the high street by declaring that trading conditions remained robust despite hefty increases in the cost of fuel.
"Manufacturers are providing a beacon of light amid the current economic gloom and remain cautiously optimistic about their immediate prospects," said EEF's chief economist, Steve Radley. "Companies are responding to the squeeze on their margins from rising costs by continuing to invest in their businesses to drive up productivity."
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Monday 2 June, 2008 08:49 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
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Manufacturing activity in the 10th Federal Reserve District slowed overall in May, even as export activity soared and company forecasts for future factory activity remained primarily positive, a report from the Oklahoma City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released Friday indicated.
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Saturday 31 May, 2008 02:54 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by David Singh
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The Indian automotive industry has finally woken to the fact that robotics is not just about saving labour but it also helps companies significantly to step up productivity and quality to meet the demands of international competition. Opting for minimum manual interference, these automotive giants now employ human size robots and robotic arms that work towards increased productivity and reliability thereby ensuring product quality.
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Thursday 29 May, 2008 02:53 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher
British-based Waymouth Northumbria , a speciality engineering firm offering CNC machining services, announces the opening of Rowenters LLC in Bucksport’s Buckstown Heritage Park. Rowenters LLC is the ninth company to locate to the Buckstown Heritage Park since opening in 2000.
The facility will be the first US-based plant for Waymouth Northumbria. For 40 years, Waymouth Northumbria of Nothern England has provided advanced production processes for the company’s European-based clients.
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Wednesday 28 May, 2008 05:10 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne
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MANITOWOC, Wis.- New production equipment at Orion Energy Systems Inc.'s Manitowoc production facility is increasing efficiencies and "running at a steady pace," according to Scott Kopetsky, executive officer of manufacturing and engineering.
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Wednesday 28 May, 2008 10:24 AM |
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