Manufacturing & Industrial Equipment Feature Articles for Australian Industry

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Manufacturing - the Foundation of Australia’s Future 2/10/2006

I have written articles in the past about the nature and direction of the industrial design profession in Australia. In my last piece, ‘The Way Forward for Industrial Design’, I ...

Proof that Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) works for SMEs 2/6/2006

There is a perception in some quarters that the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) program is not suited to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). In this article we examine ...

Inspection programme to ensure machines are guarded 1/31/2006

Concerns about the number of workplace injuries involving unguarded machinery have prompted WorkSafe to launch a targeted inspection programme to check on machine guarding.

Lean Production: the End of History? 11/29/2005

One of the most influential books that have been published in recent years is the MIT study The Machine that Changed the World by Womack et al. (1990).

What is Kanban? 11/24/2005

Kanban is often seen as a central element of lean manufacturing and is probably the most widely used type of 'Pull' signaling system. Kanban was derived from the Japanese language ...

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