IBM and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre have developed a remote operated inspection system that could reduce response times, improve audits and create interactive training for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations.
Finding 40% volume increase with no significant capex investment is a huge ask for any company, even for the proverbial godfather of lean. Toyota Deeside explains how it did it.
West Yorkshire based MES Systems Integrator Cimlogic has recently been selected to provide an overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) system at leading fast-moving consumer goods supplier Unilever in Leeds.
A top Boeing executive will meet with the head of the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday to propose fixes for the battery problems that have grounded its innovative 787 jets since mid-January.
Aviation authorities in the US and Japan have ordered the grounding of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner following a battery fault on an All Nippon Airways flight caused it to make an emergency landing in Japan yesterday.
Engine-maker Rolls-Royce has opened its first service delivery centre to support military engines at the RAF's Norfolk base after slashing maintenance costs and increasing the number of aircraft available for combat.
The pressure to reduce UK plant downtime is threatening health and safety during maintenance according to 34% of maintenance professionals in a new study.
Siemens MR Magnet Technology has identified savings of more than £35,000 in 2012 through staff training in Business Improvement Techniques as part of a lean programme.
A national research centre for through-life engineering services has launched five research projects, recruited five Research Fellows and six PhD students and funded 12 feasibility projects in its first year.
BAE Systems has completed the first ever ‘major’ maintenance on a Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon aircraft, after the jet fighter clocked up 1600 flying hours.
