The manufacturing process is a complex one that can be impacted by many factors: supplies, equipment, factory overhead, the need for special parts, and the people who work at all points in the process ...

Many manufacturers have discovered the value of maintaining flexible facilities, that are capable of switching production from one product to another. There are usually trade-offs in efficiency when a ...

Major processes in semiconductor wafer fabrication: 1) wafer preparation, 2) pattern transfer, 3) doping, 4) deposition, 5) etching, and 6) packaging. The process of creating semiconductors can be ...

Manufacturing is a fast-paced industry where success is dependent on timing and quality. That’s why it is crucial to constantly monitor every stage of the production process. Defining and tracking key ...

Inefficiency plagues the manufacturing industry. Statistics are studied and cited more now than at any other point in history. Plant managers and engineers spend their days gawking at facts and ...

A business process manager is the overseer of the step-by-step processes that operate a business; from front to back and morning to night. Specifically, they create, measure, audit and continually ...

Apple products are highly touted for being extremely sleek and well-designed. While some companies opt to use cheaper materials in an effort to preserve the bottom line, Apple has a penchant for ...

When it comes to parts production, there are many processes relied upon by today’s largest tech companies. As with many things in the tech industry, when Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) gets involved with ...

In 1986 human tissue plasminogen activator (tPA, Activase; Genentech, S. San Francisco, CA, USA) became the first therapeutic protein from recombinant mammalian cells to obtain market approval. Today ...

2010 will go down as the year flash storage goes mainstream. Intel-Micron Flash Technologies — a Lehi, Utah-based joint venture from the two companies that’s been sharing technology and flash ...