Interior of a semiconductor production fab cleanroom. The recently passed federal CHIPS Act, designed to encourage additional semiconductor production, is an example of a new industrial policy in the ...

Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

Discover how work cells streamline manufacturing by enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and minimizing waste, with real-world examples of successful implementation.

Finding skilled talent in the tech world isn’t easy. Turns out, it’s a major problem for the manufacturing industry as well. FactoryFix founder Patrick O’Rahilly knows all about the staffing struggles ...

Leaders in food manufacturing face a clear mandate to connect digital transformation to workforce development.

Guillermo Guillen, right, is the manager of adult programs for Conexus. The nonprofit hired Guillen from Subaru of Indiana Automotive in 2021 to help expand the Catapult program. (Photo courtesy of ...

Over the past decade, digital transformation has led to significant improvements in manufacturing. Businesses have had their pick of digital technologies designed to streamline manufacturing processes ...

Work-in-progress inventory is the amount of money spent on the units of products in various stages of completion but are still sitting on the production floor. Some raw materials, direct labor and ...

On the face of it, it sounds ludicrous: manufacturing employees working from home. In recent years, many companies have shifted to some remote working. That exploded last March . . . but manufacturing ...

The manufacturing workforce has been absorbing new technology for more than two centuries. Today, the industry is in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is poised to transform work at ...

At IndustryWeek, we often hear from manufacturers about their impressions of high school students; less often do we hear high school students’ impressions of manufacturers. Claire Kapitan is a high ...

Efforts to increase U.S.-based production have boosted manufacturing as the top performer among nonresidential construction segments, according to the Marcum Commercial Construction Index for the ...