Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation.
As the Economist means, the geopolitics of energy is all about the world’s insatiable thirst for oil. But as this article means, this notion of “scarcity” is now coming to an end, in the midst of major economical change. Furthermore and notwithstanding the other major, inevitable issue: Global warming… Read more
What will the teardown of electric vehicles mean for the future of the mass market thereof? In this article, we describe success factors on the way to profitable serial production of EVs and discuss essential practices for paving the road toward the EV mass market. Read more
European Mechanical engineering companies have served the world as a constant source of product innovation, claiming high standards in product quality, services and talents. However, these strengths have been matched, if not surpassed, by different strengths in China, the faster and cheaper competitor. Europe’s mechanical engineering companies should not underestimate the challenges, because the effects…
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With a masters certificate in project management, country manager for UPS Mexico/”cross-border trade specialist” Augie Picado, gives us a thorough reality check about what global trade really looks like and how shared production and open borders help us make higher quality products at lower costs. This TED arose out of his need to tackle all the rhetoric…
Bloomberg means that Kobe Steel’s scandal over fake quality data is just the latest example of how some competition-pressed Japanese manufacturers are bending the “rules”, and of how desperate these companies have become to stay ahead of Chinese and other foreign competitors. As a fact, an increasing number of companies in China, South Korea, and elsewhere have…
BTOES Insights presents this case study on the Johnson Controls Manufacturing System – just one of the very best Award-Winning Examples of Successful Operational Excellence from the Business Transformation & Operational Excellence Awards, 2017. This well-rounded piece details the four foundations of the system – customer focus, stable production environment, zero tolerance for waste, and organize around pull –…
