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Live From The ASSEMBLY Show South: Preparing the Workforce for Industry 4.0

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John Sprovieri
April 4, 2023

Every industrial revolution has eliminated old jobs and created new ones. In many cases, manufacturers weren’t aware that these new jobs were even necessary. To succeed in this age of Industry 4.0, manufacturers will need to do more than just develop a workforce capable of dealing with upcoming technologies, they will need to foster a workplace culture of problem-solving and continuous improvement.


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The Perfect Manager

Good communication skills and employee empathy are important attributes.
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Austin Weber
March 14, 2023

Whether managing an assembly line or an entire plant, good management skills are something not often taught in engineering school.


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How to Balance Assembly Lines

Line balancing is an important part of lean manufacturing initiatives.
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Austin Weber
March 13, 2023

In the circus world, tightrope walking requires incredible balance and finesse. One wrong move can have dire consequences. Optimizing workflow on an assembly line is not as dangerous, but it requires a similar set of skills.


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Assembly Plant of the Year: Call for Entries

February 8, 2023

Initiated in 2004, the Assembly Plant of the Year award showcases world-class production facilities in America and the people, products, and processes that make them successful. 


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2022 Assembly Plant of the Year: Continuous Improvement Culture Thrives at Brose

Employee participation and productivity shine bright in Vance, AL.
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Austin Weber
October 6, 2022

Brose Tuscaloosa Inc., Vance, AL, is the recipient of the the 2022 Assembly Plant of the Year Award.


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Video: Meet Chuck Wetherington, Keynote Presenter of "Using Lean to Prepare for Manufacturing 4.0" at The ASSEMBLY Show

September 23, 2022

Meet The ASSEMBLY Show's Keynote Presenter, Charles Wetherington. Chuck is the President and COO of BTE Technologies, a manufacturer of hi-tech medical devices for physical rehabilitation. 


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Video: Lean Manufacturing Experts and Co-Authors, Matt Zayko and Eric Ethington on The Power of Process

July 11, 2022

At many manufacturers, continuous improvement experts are merely fixing problems that should have been avoided in the first place. They are essentially doing process development rework. 


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Smart Technologies Aid Continuous Improvement Efforts

New technologies, such as smart vision systems, provide a single source of truth for continuous improvement projects.
Anthony Tarantino Ph.D.
June 10, 2022

Process improvement projects have traditionally struggled with obtaining accurate data quickly and easily. In many cases, various data sources provide competing sources of the truth. Smart technologies offer the means to provide a single source of the truth, without the time-consuming and labor-intensive efforts of the past.


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Ease Mental Strain on the Assembly Line

Matilda Wollter Bergman
May 9, 2022

While assembly work has always been physically demanding, little is known about the overall consequences of cognitive loading on assemblers' performance, well-being, and the speed and quality of production. Cognitive under- or overloading can cause a lack of focus or distraction on one hand, or overwhelm on the other.


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The automotive industry and the chip shortage

The Automotive Industry and the Chip Shortage

Jon Quigley
December 16, 2021
We take for granted that our supply chains will deliver the products we desire, or at least we once did. We don't care about their complexity. How could there be complexity? They have always delivered reliably.
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