A job shop is a type of manufacturing process in which small batches of a variety of custom products are made. In the job shop process flow, most of the products produced require a unique set-up and ...

If you have even one of these issues, you will have trouble with a lean implementation. Most facilities that fail in lean implementations have weak quality systems. More specifically, they have failed ...

As a business owner or operations manager responsible for production, understanding the supply chain is essential to the success of your business. Any obstacle or impediment to the smooth flow of ...

Facility layout and design is an important component of a business’s overall operations, both in terms of maximizing the effectiveness of the production process and meeting the needs of employees. The ...

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Learn how a move from time-based filling to precision flow meters improved batch accuracy by 98% and increased daily throughput by 14%. Understand how flow measurement improvements create ripple ...

Unpatterned wafer inspection, which has flown well under the radar for most of the semiconductor industry, is becoming more critical amid the need to find defects earlier in the manufacturing process ...

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