Batch processing, or batch production, is a scaled-down version of assembly line production. Products are produced in groups instead of in continuous streams as they are on assembly lines. However, ...

As the human race has advanced, we've made the process of creating products extremely efficient. Assembly line factories litter the planet's landscape, mass producing items piece by piece and ...

Lean manufacturing seeks to make clear what adds value by reducing everything else. Lean is clearly not a fixed-point objective; accelerating global market competition demands operational flexibility ...

Digitalization and connectivity can help manufacturing and logistics ramp up and survive in times of crises. The coronavirus pandemic is a case study in reacting flexibly to productivity ...

A production line (or assembly line) is a sequential set of procedures, most commonly taking place in a factory, that leads to the completed production of an object. From our morning news briefing to ...

Before computers and automation, cars were a lot harder to build, often requiring hard men and brute force to go from raw materials to cool '50s or '60s Chevys sitting on a dealership's lot. Back then ...

Henry Ford standing beside one of his vehicles. (Image courtesy of Ford Motor Co.) The first moving assembly line at Henry Ford's Model T factory in Highland Park went into operation on Oct. 7, 1913, ...