The fully flexible, reconfigurable Intelligent Island Manufacturing System (I²MS) supports high-mix manufacturing, enables ...

In recognition of the National Association of Manufacturers’ Manufacturing Day 2021, let’s take a look at more than a century of advances in automotive manufacturing at Ford Motor Co. Ford founder ...

Lean manufacturing seeks to make clear what adds value by reducing everything else. Lean is clearly not a fixed-point objective; accelerating global market competition demands operational flexibility ...

A Michigan-based company is putting a new wrinkle on the decades-old concept of using automated guided vehicles (AGVs) on the factory floor. Combining a battery-free design with a smart electronic ...

Automotive assembly line designer Preh said it has agreed to acquire IMA Automation Amberg from Switzerland’s Feintool International Holding AG. IMA Automation develops assembly lines for Tier 1 ...

HERNDON, Va., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has teamed with a commercial automation and assembly line integrator to design the assembly line for the U.S. Air Force Trainer X program. The company ...

Companies choose manufacturing processes -- such as job order, batch process, assembly line and continuous process -- based in part on the level of product individualization allowed. Manufacturers use ...