“Agility is the ability to create and respond to change in order to profit in a turbulent business environment.” – Jim Highsmith I am a huge geek when it comes…
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The Model Citizen | Part 3 of The Problem Child series
Taming the Problem Child “Can we develop a standard, efficient, and cost-effective automated assembly technology that reduces risks for both equipment builders and end users?” Throughout my career, one series…
Taming the Problem Child in Automation | Part 2 of The Problem Child series
Taming the Problem Child “Don’t believe your engineers. You cannot have high speed and flexibility, so pick one.” That’s a quote from a CEO of a custom automation company when…
The Problem Child in Automation | Part 1 of The Problem Child series
Creating the Problem Child For those of us who work in automation, we’ve known for decades who the problem child is: assembly manufacturing. We all know a true problem child…
ASK THE EXPERT – Should Utilization be a more important consideration when justifying equipment purchases?
An old manufacturing metric (TEEP) is very relevant when it comes to high speed automated assembly Total Effective Equipment Performance (TEEP) is an uncommon but powerful manufacturing metric that is…
ASK THE EXPERT with Larry Allingham, Key Account Manager at ATS Life Sciences
Is there value in having a high-speed assembly machine if I don’t need high output? Historically, the correct answer has been the obvious one. It wouldn’t have made sense, because…