Industrial engineers and other contributors describe recent developments and current trends in improving manufacturing processes that have impacted different markets. They cover supply chain and logistics, human factors and decision making, quality control, lean manufacturing, and optimization. Specific topics include logistics geostrategy as a decision factor in locating a multimodal logistics platform, operational risk management in third party logistics, factorial design for reducing variation in plastic parts weight: plastic parts weight and injection molding, using lean-Sigma for integrating two products during a ramp-up event, and optimizing the reconfiguration of machining desktop micro-factory based on a scheduling simulation.
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