Editor’s note: The following browsable offering from Davis Balestracci represents a good chunk of his knowledge base.

The Automotive Industry Action Group’s (AIAG’s) and German Association of the Automotive Industry’s (VDA’s) new Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Handbook (AIA

This year marks the 35th anniversary of a remarkable and unfortunately also singular event in my career: In 1985, my employer, United Electric Controls (UE), elected to remove time clocks from the factory.

Left to their own devices, humans tend to fall prey to biases that make them poor decision makers. For instance, among other foibles, most purchasing managers routinely under-order.

‘I have been offered a significant increase in salary by another employer and am giving my two-week notice.”

If industrial manufacturing had a buzzword of the decade, it might be “Industry 4.0.” The concept is inescapable, yet it can be hard to define, especially for small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs).

The United States and China have reportedly reached a so-called phase one deal in their ongoing trade war.

Few companies and CEOs have attracted as much praise, derision, skepticism, and enthusiasm as Telsa Motors and its founder Elon Musk.

Many manufacturers see reducing changeover time as a golden opportunity to improve operational efficiency and reduce waste.

What a year.