Back in the 1950’s, the idea that what was good for General Motors was good for America was a matter of faith. But I wonder if that’s still the case. The same goes for the rest of the Big Three.

Boeing’s P-8A Poseidon program is the latest to benefit from the company’s cutting-edge approach to manufacturing.

When it comes to direct digital manufacturing, assemblers might assume this kind of “prototyping” and “fabrication” technology doesn’t really concern them. However, in doing so they risk overlooking one of the most important aspects of any assembly process: jigs and fixtures.

Two Shingo Prize winners talk about how a strong workforce can pave the way to profitability.

Free markets are a lot like democracy, wonderful in theory, but often very messy in practice. Case in point: the U.S. economy is looking pretty messy right now, to say the least.

WASHINGTON-Two studies, two very different mindsets: Which will successfully lead U.S. manufacturing into the future?

Widely used for parts handling and packaging, grippers employing an extruded aluminum framework are cost-effective and flexible.

Ever since Charles Darwin’s Origin of the Species was published in 1859, the theory of evolution has been used as a metaphor for many other disciplines, including business. Now Peter Cooke, a professor of automotive management at the University of Buckingham in England, is talking about something called the Galapagos Syndrome with reference to North America’s Big Three automakers

Manufacturing execution systems allow assemblers to “see” exactly what’s happening on the plant floor.

This time it’s the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s turn. “Precision Factory Jobs in U.S. go Unfilled” the headline laments. The article then goes on to relate the trials of a precision parts maker in a small town in Pennsylvania that just can’t keep up with demand because of a lack of skilled workers.