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(Sort, Straighten, Shine, Standardize, and Sustain): Although the verbs vary depending on the practitioner, all agree that 5S should be one of the first steps taken in any lean manufacturing

If computers were human, they would use small bits of code called algorithms to determine the shortest route to work, decide what make for dinner, and whether they should invest

A standard in any CNC machine shop, CAD/CAM is a software platform that supports part drawing and design (CAD), as well as toolpath creation and generation of "G-code" for a specific machine

The computer screen you're looking at right now? It's a human-machine interface. So is the display on your coffee maker, the ATM where you get cash every Friday, the screen

The Ring doorbell you bought last year is an example of Internet of Things (IoT) technology. The IIoT refers to industrialized versions of cameras, thermostats, vibration sensors, etc., all of

The digital twin's cousin, this term refers to the interconnectedness and flow of data across various software systems, starting with the design concept and going through to a product's

Smarter and more independent than its AGV counterpart, an Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) can navigate through the warehouse using cameras, sensors

Long before there was ERP, a manufacturing engineer named Joseph Orlicky developed a computer program able to "explode" the bills of material (BOM) for the shop's scheduled work, and

Need to simulate airflow across an aircraft wing or understand how water will flow through a turbine? FEA software helps engineers determine how these and other complex systems will perform under

The IIoT, Cloud computing, AR/VR, autonomous robots and AI—these and all the other technologies that fall under the "smart manufacturing" umbrella comprise what pundits call Industry