Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Additive Manufacturing has been used in many applications, including biomedical, aerospace, energy and automobile. However, its full potential is inhibited by the limitations in design complexity, ...

Detailed production planning is largely related to efficiency and lean manufacturing practices. It simply involves the careful consideration of variables that affect production. Detailed production ...

The optimisation of process planning has emerged as a pivotal aspect of modern manufacturing, where genetic algorithms (GAs) and hybrid techniques are leveraged to address the combinatorial complexity ...

The Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) application landscape available today, for engineering and manufacturing organizations, has evolved from the traditional CAx and PDM centric applications, ...

Both service operations and manufacturing operations are in the business of satisfying customers, and that requires organization and planning. While the mechanisms and inputs for creating customer ...

When properly identified and diligently managed, capacity and utilization are the North Star for navigating a strategic growth plan. Without attention to and understanding of these two elements, ...

There’s no denying that supply chains are still playing catch-up from disruptions that occurred throughout 2020 and 2021. From COVID-19 demand shocks to shortages of semiconductor chips, patio ...

Grown from a one-man business into a global leader, STIHL Group develops, manufactures, and distributes power tools for professional forestry and agriculture, garden and landscape maintenance, the ...