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Manufacturing
How Product Roadmapping Software Transformed AGCO
A case study.
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Manufacturing
How to Navigate the Modern Hardware Development Landscape
The evolution of product managers.
December 19, 2023
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Electronic Components
Vital Attributes of Component Research
To protect profitability and your product lifecycle plan, long-term component availability must be a primary concern.
July 25, 2022
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Exclusives
Millennial Engineers Solve Design Tool Problems that Have Plagued Industry Veterans for Years
At the heart of the problem were three significant shortcomings in modern mechanical engineer toolsets.
May 27, 2021
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Exclusives
Managing Failure: Systems Thinking and the Butterfly Effect
Failure may not always be completely preventable, but with the right thinking and PLM platform, it should always be manageable.
May 18, 2021
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Automotive
Tesla Faces Safety Probe in South Korea
The electric vehicle maker’s “Autopilot” system is part of the inquiry.
July 30, 2020
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Man Charged with Setting Fire at California Home Depot
April 19, 2022
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IP During and After COVID
October 20, 2020
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The Hidden Debt We Will Pay for this Pandemic
August 13, 2020
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Uber Acquires Transit Software Firm
July 17, 2020
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White House Floats $2T Manufacturing Stimulus
June 16, 2020
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Amazon to Face Antitrust Case; Ex-Engineer Calls for Break-Up
June 12, 2020
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World’s Automakers Falling Short of Climate Goals
June 11, 2020
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NASA Probes Former Official’s Discussions with Boeing
June 9, 2020
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IMTS 2020 Canceled
June 8, 2020
Pictured: The result of just-in-time manufacturing and a global pandemic.
The Just-in-Time Tribe
June 5, 2020
The Nikola Two semi-truck.
Nikola, Startup Maker of Hydrogen-Electric Semis, Goes Public
June 5, 2020
HP Jet Fusion 5200 3D Printers.
HP Unveils New 3D Printing Polymer
June 4, 2020
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Automotive
Volkswagen Joins Ford’s Autonomous Driving Firm
The automakers finalized their deal to become partners in Argo AI.
June 3, 2020
Zotye's T300 SUV displayed at Auto China 2016 in Beijing, April 25, 2016.
Automotive
Pandemic Upends Chinese Automakers’ US Expansion Plans
HAAH Automotive still eventually plans to bring Chinese-made cars across the Pacific.
May 29, 2020
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Manufacturing
Taiwanese Semiconductor Maker Announces $12B Ariz. Factory
TSMC expects the facility to create 1,600 high-tech jobs.
May 22, 2020
Tesla factory, Sparks, Nev., March 2019.
Automotive
Tesla, Panasonic in Talks to Expand Gigafactory
The longtime partners, despite their recent troubles, cited continued strong demand for Tesla vehicles.
May 22, 2020
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Automotive
Dyson Gives Glimpse at Abandoned Vehicle Prototype
The company pulled the plug on the project last year.
May 19, 2020
Boeing 737-800 airplanes on the assembly line at Boeing's 737 assembly facility in Renton, Wash.
Aerospace
Federal Program Would Keep Aerospace Workers on Payrolls
The proposal would fund up to 50% of compensation for “at-risk” employees.
May 15, 2020
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IoT
Smart Glass Startup Partners with Window Manufacturer
The company says its technology cuts production costs of electrochromic glass by more than half.
May 15, 2020
Apple store in an empty mall district in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2020.
Manufacturing
Apple Presses Chinese Supplier to Rival Foxconn
The tech giant hopes to reduce its reliance on the world’s largest contract electronics maker.
May 14, 2020
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Military
Navy Awards $5.5B Contract to Wis. Shipbuilder
Officials expect the deal to add about 1,000 jobs.
May 8, 2020
COPAN’s sample collection kits play a critical role in COVID-19 testing.
Medical
Apple Fund Awards $10M to Medical Test Company
COPAN Diagnostics plans to make 1 million test kits per week by July.
May 8, 2020
Associates move bins filled with products at the loading dock of Amazon's fulfillment center in Livonia, Mich., March 23, 2018.
Consumer
Amazon Engineer Quits Over Employee Firings
The former AWS vice president wrote that workers were “turfed for whistleblowing.”
May 5, 2020
A nurse pulls a ventilator into an exam room at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y., April 20, 2020.
Medical
Engineer Received $69M Ventilator Contract Following Tweet
New York ordered more than 1,400 machines; none were delivered.
May 1, 2020
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Automotive
Ford, Rivian Halt Plans for Lincoln Electric SUV
The project was put on hold amid the coronavirus, but the companies’ partnership remains intact.
April 30, 2020
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Aerospace
Supersonic Plane Maker Moving to the Space Coast
Aerion is headed east as it prepares to produce its debut jet.
April 29, 2020
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Manufacturing
Metalforming Group Sees Unprecedented Decline
Nearly 90% of companies expect business to slide in coming months.
April 17, 2020