The problem of counterfeit drugs has led in recent years to stricter regulations on drugs, with a keener focus on their origins. One result of this scrutiny is track and trace technology, used to detail the origins of a drug and its movements along the supply chain, and finally to...
Manufacturing is essentially a synthesis of four distinct inputs: materials, facilities, labor, and time. Any decrease in the quantity needed for any of those inputs without diminishing the quality of the final product results in cost savings for the manufacturer. If those savings are spread out across a large enough...
The Ford Motor Company realized a few short years ago that it must incorporate the new greener automobiles into its lineup of traditional gas-powered offerings. Doing so meant retooling many of its existing plants and/or building new ones, and there was a question of which traditional models stay, and which...
A recent report by Polk & Company has attracted some attention in recent weeks. This report shows that the median age of vehicles on the road in the U.S. is at an all-time high, meaning that Americans (consumers and businesses) are still opting to keep their old cars running, rather...
Food packaging has made it into the news for the second time in 2011, with the public backlash over the use of recycled paper in food products. The concern is not the paper, but the oils and inks that were used in the paper’s previous incarnation. Researchers in Zurich, Switzerland’s...
Your workforce is the most important part of your business, and you work hard to ensure that their work environment is as safe as possible, but even if your own safety measures could be the best in the industry, it's still important to keep on top of the latest regulations...
The Japanese were the first to introduce the lithium ion battery for the hybrid electric car, and this industry staple is still primarily manufactured in East Asia. This was not a problem until March 2011. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated the Japanese nation also brought concerns of radiation...
Cloud computing is dominating the tech news, and is also cropping up in the manufacturing sector news. It is the concept of hosting services via the internet. The cloud is essentially the internet, a metaphor. Cloud computing allows companies to maintain fast, efficient systems without the infrastructure costs needed to...
Wind energy was once a futuristic idea, thought to be as far off as the era of jet packs and flying cars. Today, however, it is not uncommon to drive through the Indiana or Michigan countryside and see the sleek, stark white wind turbines hard at work. In fact, the...
In winter 2010, the pharmaceutical industry was celebrating the possibility of continuous processes coming to the industry. Continuous flow manufacturing processes are those that run continuously, producing the orders on a fully or semi-automated line. The best example of this type of manufacturing is performed in the automobile industry. Continuous...
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