Moreover, because it is focused on only the manufacturing technology industry, this study may well be only the tip of the iceberg. It is likely that other manufacturing industries have a similar tale to tell. They include auto parts, aircraft engines and parts, engines and turbines, metal foundries, fabricated structural metal, other industrial machinery, construction and mining equipment, and farm and garden machinery. AMT points out that this intense competition has led to advances in production automation and product quality. With the new process, it makes bulkheads with two parts rather than 72, secured by 35 fasteners instead of the previous 1,720.
Quality improvements are especially dramatic in the automobile industry, the association emphasizes.
Largely due to machine tool advances that have streamlined production, consumers are realizing similar savings with other durable goods, too, the study reports. Back Issues Engineering Times Media Kit Send Eng. Looking Back Series of articles from ET 's predecessors that illustrates the changes in the profession since NSPE's early years.