Supplier Scorecards vs. Spreadsheets
Spreadsheets are usually the first tool used to manage suppliers, and the first to become a liability. Important updates get buried. Repeat supplier problems start popping up.
Accountable When AI Fails?
On April 8, 2025, a driverless Zoox robotaxi misjudged an approaching vehicle, braked too late, and sideswiped it at 43 mph on the Las Vegas Strip.
Strong QMS Is Central to the Med Device Right-to-Repair Movement
Anyone who has cracked their smartphone screen or had a rapid oil change knows that sometimes the OEM isn’t the most affordable or convenient service option.
Tariff Shocks on the Supply Chain
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Port of Los Angeles: Data for April suggest that container ship bookings are down by 60%, and 30% of Pacific Ocean bookings to the U.S. have been canceled.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, trade with our three largest partners—Canada, China, and Mexico—accounted for more than $1.32 trillion in imports and $0.82 trillion in exports in calendar year 2024.
MIT Engineers Print Synthetic ‘Metamaterials’ That Are Strong, Stretchy
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Metamaterials are synthetic materials with microscopic structures that give the overall material exceptional properties.
In metamaterials design, the name of the game has long been “stronger is better.”
Advancing Aerospace Additive Manufacturing
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Beehive Industries leverages cutting-edge additive manufacturing to create precision components for jet engines in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility.
When Jonaaron Jones started his master’s degree at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UT), his mentor invited him to visit the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility, or MDF, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
Tariffs: The Die Has Been Cast
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Working on a bomber, Douglas Aircraft Co., Long Beach, California, 1942.
The Chinese character for crisis means “danger” and “opportunity,” and tariffs have created a supply chain crisis throughout the United States.
Discovery Opens Doors for Cheaper and Quicker Battery Manufacturing
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A scanning electron microscope captures the moments before lithium oxide (larger, middle particle) sublimates and mixes with the nickel-rich material surrounding it.
A common lithium salt has revealed new possibilities for manufacturing cheaper, longer-lasting battery materials.
Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing
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Wafer processing and automation equipment for semiconductor.
The semiconductor manufacturing industry is undergoing rapid transformation driven by technological advancements, increased demand for AI and electric vehicle (EV) chips, and geopolitical shifts.
Tabletop Factory-in-a-Box Makes Manufacturing Education More Accessible
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Undergraduate students from Tecnológico de Monterrey have been learning how to build low-cost fiber-extrusion devices alongside their MIT peers at an in-lab assembly factory set up by MIT graduate students.
For more than a decade through a collaboration managed by MIT.nano, MIT and Tecnológico de Monterrey (Tec), one of the largest universities in Latin America, have worked together to develop innovative academic and research initiatives with a particular focus on nanos
