Whether applying a bead of adhesive to automotive glass or gasketing material to an appliance door, six-axis robots can dramatically improve the quality of the operation.

Bushings, bearings, pins and other parts are often assembled with an interference fit.

Motivational leadership encourages lean thinking to develop with only a modest investment in formal programs. Malignant leadership is fatal to lean.

More tools are available to push the leak testing envelope.

Structural adhesive is being used for more and more assembly applications.

Many principles of lean manufacturing trace their roots to the man from Dearborn.

As outsourcing continues to evolve, it’s becoming more complicated. Indeed, depending on what acronym you use, outsourcing can mean different things to different people.