A job shop is a type of manufacturing process in which small batches of a variety of custom products are made. In the job shop process flow, most of the products produced require a unique set-up and ...

Whether in a production job shop or other high mix manufacturer, many machine shop managers think their automation options are limited due to all the variability of their parts that are run in ...

Most job shops are defined by selling and producing in a make-to-order environment. Production orders are executed only in response to a specific customer order for a discrete quantity and due date.

If you are the owner or manager of a job shop, it can be easy to focus improvement efforts on capital equipment – CNC machines, robots, and cutting tools – the front-end processes that get the job ...

HEIDENHAIN is a world-leading provider of encoders, machine controls, touch probes, digital readouts and metrology solutions—empowering engineer...READ MORE Grady Cope believes that digitalization ...

Manufacturing systems are often divided according to how many products that businesses produce, and how many of those products are produced at the same time. Complex products, in general, require much ...

The arrival of Additive Manufacturing (AM) as a valid alternative to the original five manufacturing processes is really going to shake up the factory. Within 3 to 5 years, engineering and ...