The manufacturing process is a complex one that can be impacted by many factors: supplies, equipment, factory overhead, the need for special parts, and the people who work at all points in the process ...

Making fan blades for airplanes used to be pretty straightforward, but now it’s a whole different ballgame. We’re talking ...

Manufacturing overhead – also called indirect costs – are any costs that a factory incurs other than direct materials and direct labor needed to manufacture goods, notes "Accounting 2," a reference ...

What are some real-life SIPOC applications in the field of manufacturing? While Lean Six Sigma tools and methodologies can be ...

So, wire arc additive manufacturing, or WAAM as folks in the know call it, is pretty neat. It’s basically a fancy way to ...

In our previous blog we posed a broad question, where do operators fit with current manufacturing technology trends? More specifically, we asked: What if we could map out each manufacturing process, ...

The Army needs to embrace advanced manufacturing at the beginning of new system development to surpass potential foes. In the future, advanced manufacturing techniques like 3D printing could allow ...