Bright Machines discusses how an ECO tool is used to quantify its manufacturing footprint and how the company intelligently automates assembly lines. With physical industries accounting for 75% of U.S ...

Automotive News reports that he factory floor of 2030 will hum with a different rhythm. According to a definitive analysis from industry experts, at least one major automaker will achieve a 100 ...

In 2017, when Tesla announced incredibly ambitious Model 3 production targets of 5,000 Model 3s per week and the beginning of “production hell,” analysts were wary. But Elon Musk insisted he could ...

Elon Musk’s obsession with using robots to build cars is to blame for Tesla Inc.’s (TSLA) production setbacks and out of control cash burn, analysts at Bernstein have warned. In a research note, ...

The new line in Hamburg, Germany, combines fuselage shells into sections, and assembles individual sections into aircraft fuselages. Airbus inaugurated an automated fuselage-structure assembly line ...

In 1913, Henry Ford revolutionized car-making with the first moving assembly line, an innovation that made piecing together new vehicles faster and more efficient. Some hundred years later, Ford is ...

An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which interchangeable parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create an end product. In most cases, a manufacturing assembly line is a ...

Current trends in automated assembly require manufacturers to reconsider outdated processes and expand production capabilities. Here are a few pointers to consider. Markets for everything from ...

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 ...