5 Ways to Recover from a Major Supply Chain Disruption You can’t plan for the unexpected. At least that’s what the global pandemic of 2020/2021 taught us. Outside of that unprecedented event, most of us in global supply chain management do plan for the unexpected. We have to. It’s called contingency planning for a reason. [...]
Developing Precision Machined Castings for Drivetrain Application CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY When you’re a world leader in driveline systems and components, you expect world-class performance from your suppliers. So, when there’s a supplier quality issue and you’ve already employed reasonable and customary tactics to resolve it (to no avail), it’s time for drastic measures. It’s time [...]
Inverter Research: Using a Test Rig to Improve EV Batteries What do a group of student researchers, thermal response, and MES have in common? They’re all part of a relatively new research project focused on the study of thermal management and predictive modeling to develop better EV batteries for the burgeoning e-Mobility market. This collaboration [...]
Thermal Performance of Electric Vehicle Inverters New computational research tool enables faster design iteration testing to save time and money on prototyping. Given the need to cut carbon emissions, it’s no secret that electric vehicles (EV), including hybrid electric vehicles, have invaded the automotive landscape. In fact, sales topped over two million in 2019.1 So, [...]
3 Signs – Optimize Your Supplier Relationship Management Process Juggling suppliers is hard. There’s testing and quality control to contend with. There are lead times to factor in. And there are logistics routes, warehousing, and inventory management processes to streamline. Multiply each of these responsibilities times the dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of suppliers you’re [...]
How a power transmission manufacturer found inventory freedom-MES CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY How can a mechanical components manufacturer provide well-engineered and energy-efficient products to their customers in the face of constrained supply chains? What happens when their parts availability is at the mercy of long lead times? And how can they keep their administration costs (and [...]
Rethinking Our Packaging Case Study A BOX IS A BOX IS A BOX … OR IS IT? 4 out-of-the-box lessons learned from rethinking packaging for supply chain. When you think of packaging, what comes to mind? Box? Carton? Crate? All those answers are correct, of course. But packaging is more than just the container that [...]
Heavy Duty Pintle Hook Towing Hitch Case Study How we delivered everything to a German world leader in truck and commercial vehicle components wanted from its supplier. Pintle Hook hitch is a seemingly simple application but it carries the load of the trailer or often the vehicles. It bears a lot of static and dynamic [...]
Heat Sink Stadium Light Housing Application Case Study Industry: Commerical Lighting (professional stadium lighting) Company Type: Lighting OEM Light fixture OEMs are challenged daily to compact a large number of LEDs in a tight package. These LEDs emit a lot of heat which must be dissipated away to keep the warranties and shelf life on [...]
Delivering at the Speed of Light & Overcoming Big Obstacles In the world of aluminum die casting, tiny tweaks and small changes are all in a day’s work. Add an engineering change here, a quality inspection there. After all, one of the most-touted benefits of die casting is fast production rates and speeds. Under normal [...]