Effective design and manufacturing, both of which are necessary to produce high-quality products, are closely related. However, effective design is a prerequisi

Over the past decade, many companies have adopted new strategies for manufacturing, which have taken their competitiveness on to new planes. A whole array of in

Taking a new product from the design stage to large-scale production in a profitable, efficient manner can challenge the processes of even the most advanced com

Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing is an examination of manufacturing innovations - both technical and knowledge-based. Over the recent past, technology h

With more emphasis being placed on the cost and quality of new products and on reducing the lead time to develop them, attention is turning to the increasingly