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Leveraging the digital factory.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The old adage of measuring twice and cutting once means taking the time to do things right the first time. In manufacturing, measuring is developing, prototyping and validating manufacturing plans before cutting, or putting in place new plants, lines, tooling or processes that cost time and money. Like cutting a piece of wood, once new manufacturing equipment and infrastructure are in place the opportunities to correct a mistake can be severely limited. The analog in manufacturing - known as manufacturing processes management (MPM)--is to prototype plant flow digitally to perfect plans before committing to physical changes. ********** [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As Bill Campbell, global manufacturing plant layout lead engineer for General Motors, explains, "We execute a 'virtual validation build' t...See the full content of this document
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