Dinesh Mishra

AUGUST 23, 2022

NAL engineers print end of arm tools, assembly line jigs, fixtures, and more with METHOD X 3D printers. North American Lighting (NAL), a Koito Group Company, has been manufacturing automotive lighting systems for vehicle manufacturers since 1983. If a part breaks, that could mean extended lead times and added costs.

Assembly Line 52

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MEM

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Consider a smartphone assembly line, where thousands of components come together. Supply Chain Optimization in Automotive Manufacturing In the automotive manufacturing sector, supply chain efficiency is paramount. Suppose a car manufacturer sources parts from various suppliers globally. The result?

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Manufacturing Pharmaceutical Assembly Line Supply Chain 98

Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 10, 2023

And we spent a lot of time also working with the teams in Europe, Switzerland, specifically Kellenberger. Jones and Shipman at the time, Hardinge UK at the time. We've recently acquired a high production automotive machine manufacturer. Now we own a holding company. So we're very diverse in our portfolio.

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ATS

MAY 1, 2025

Takt time is balanced and consistent, and flow shops naturally lend themselves to production automation because routing flows do not change. Sectors such as automotive fabrication, consumer electronics manufacturing, and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) often use flow shop layouts.

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Manufacturing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) Assembly Line Bottleneck 66

Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 30, 2023

India is among the world’s biggest metal-cutting machine tools markets, with sectors like automotive, general engineering, energy, and aerospace being the major demand drivers. Demand from automotive customers is growing post the pandemic and is envisaged to touch of pre-pandemic levels of 2018-19.

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ATS

MARCH 6, 2025

One example of repetitive manufacturing is automotive parts. If the company wanted to handle the process start-to-finish, they could create a discrete assembly line for car bodies, process-based operations for making and applying paint, and a repetitive line for packaging.

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