Operations

Production operations strategy, news and best practices for manufacturing professionals. Find the information you need to build a better production floor.

Highlights

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Aug. 15, 2025
Also, Rivian sues, and meet top manufacturers in the aerospace and defense sector.
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Aug. 22, 2025
Updating lines with robotics, metrology, AGVs and AMRs to boost accuracy, efficiency and safety.
Behind the Curtain
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Aug. 14, 2025
In this episode, podcast co-hosts Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer explore how to address employees who undermine efforts to instill culture change.
Behind the Curtain
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Aug. 12, 2025
Co-hosts Mohamed Saleh and John Dyer weigh in on leadership actions that destroy trust and create fear, as well as those that grow trust and inspire problem-solving and innovation...
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Aug. 12, 2025
Engineering and manufacturing leaders say the $2 billion investment at the Louisville Assembly Plant will make it more productive and safer for workers.

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