Interior of a semiconductor production fab cleanroom. The recently passed federal CHIPS Act, designed to encourage additional semiconductor production, is an example of a new industrial policy in the ...

Manufacturing industries are once again becoming an economic powerhouse through a combination of smart technology and smart people. The smart technology side of the equation is obvious. Artificial ...

Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

Industrial engineering student Osman Mussa landed a $15-an-hour manufacturing job during his first semester at Dunwoody College of Technology. “My friends are working at Kmart or fast food places,” ...

Guillermo Guillen, right, is the manager of adult programs for Conexus. The nonprofit hired Guillen from Subaru of Indiana Automotive in 2021 to help expand the Catapult program. (Photo courtesy of ...

Over the past decade, digital transformation has led to significant improvements in manufacturing. Businesses have had their pick of digital technologies designed to streamline manufacturing processes ...

On the face of it, it sounds ludicrous: manufacturing employees working from home. In recent years, many companies have shifted to some remote working. That exploded last March . . . but manufacturing ...

The manufacturing workforce has been absorbing new technology for more than two centuries. Today, the industry is in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is poised to transform work at ...

Work-in-progress inventory is the amount of money spent on the units of products in various stages of completion but are still sitting on the production floor. Some raw materials, direct labor and ...