Content tagged with "just-in-time"

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August 1, 2009

Saying 'yes' when others can't These days a shop manager may look at material handling towers, offloading stations, and other automated setups and think the technology might be good for healthier times, but not today. What good is automation when even manual machines aren't running full-out even for one shift, let alone... Read more...

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October 14, 2008

Japanese metal fabrication: Manufacturing on a bedrock of data I first noticed the houses in Shibayama Machi, southwest of Tokyo. Many in Japan live in extended families, and driving through communities I saw houses coupled, two to a plat, one house older than the other. The parents raise their children in the newer house; the grandparents reside in... Read more...

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April 15, 2008

Curving out a niche In celebration of its 50th anniversary in April 2005, McDonald's® opened a 24,000-square-foot restaurant in Chicago. The fast-food chain wanted to highlight both its past and its future, and to that end the restaurant features the red and white colors of founder Ray Kroc's first building,... Read more...

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April 10, 2007

Manufacturando más eficientemente en México La manufactura de clase mundial requiere maquinaria más que eficiente, flexible y productiva, según Industrias John Deere (IJD), una filial de John Deere en México. También se requiere confiabilidad y servicio. En los noventas, IJD quería modernizar la manera en que manufacturaba... Read more...

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October 10, 2002

Metamorphosis: Topeka fabricator automates to emerge Signal equipment houses are nearly completed in production and await a shipping date in the PTMW fabrication facility in Topeka, Kan. Products are fabricated from aluminum, steel, stainless steel, and galvanneal. Powder coating, bulletproofing, and wiring options are available. Patti jon... Read more...

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February 14, 2002

Will just-in-time become just-in-case? The aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon has cast some doubts on the practice of lean manufacturing and just-in-time (JIT) delivery of supplies and components, according to a Purdue University economics professor and Modern Materials Handling magazine. Lean... Read more...

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