Just as robots can take the tedium out of machine tending, RPA can automate everyday business tasks like processing customer sales orders and product returns, responding to service requests,
The computer screen you're looking at right now? It's a human-machine interface. So is the display on your coffee maker, the ATM where you get cash every Friday, the screen
When a machinist mounts a tilt-rotary table (which has two axes) onto a three-axis CNC machining center, then uses it to cut five sides of a workpiece sequentially, it's called
Machinists have long relied on toe clamps and T-nuts to hold vises and fixtures in place. Zero-point workholding replaces these outdated tooling components with a mating retention knob and
When L-PBF first became commercialized, its detractors noted that the metal particles were not fully melted (only sintered), and several companies built a business on that distinction. Today, the
Smarter and more independent than its AGV counterpart, an Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) can navigate through the warehouse using cameras, sensors
A Warehouse Management System (WMS) provides more advanced warehouse functions than are generally possible with an ERP system. These include wave picking, RFID and AGV integration, environmental
The problem with metal AM is that parts need to be machined once they leave the build chamber. Hybrid manufacturing combines the two processes in a single machine, allowing the production of
If you read the earlier section on SaaS (software as a service), you already know that these systems and their data reside “in the cloud,” just like your Instagram posts
The Japanese refer to small, ongoing, and incremental continuous improvement activities as "Kaizen." It is a cornerstone of Lean manufacturing.