Engineers are generally not taught DFM (design for manufacturability) or concurrent engineering in college. The focus is usually on designing for functionality. Further, they are typically trained to design parts, not products or systems. Many design courses don’t even talkContinue Reading
An MES consists of the computer systems used to manage production and daily operations of a production facility. The MES lies above the actual shop floor in the enterprise system hierarchy and is not in direct contact with the actualContinue Reading
Simulation in manufacturing refers to a broad collection of computer-based applications to imitate the behavior of manufacturing systems. A system is a facility or a process either actual or planned such as factory with workers, machine tools, materials handling devices,Continue Reading
