Companies choose manufacturing processes -- such as job order, batch process, assembly line and continuous process -- based in part on the level of product individualization allowed. Manufacturers use ...

Generally, batch production refers to a technique that produces multiple units of a product in a series of different steps. As the individual units progress along each step of the production line, ...

How can manufacturers improve efficiency and increase production while maintaining regulatory compliance? Process-automation solutions are one method. Increasing competitive pressures have forced ...

Single-piece production is a staple of lean manufacturing. Microlab, a manufacturer of high-performance components such as directional couplers and filters for RF and microwave distribution systems, ...

Once upon a time, electronic batch records (EBRs) were simply a means for helping pharmaceutical companies automate away the mountains of paperwork required for maintaining production batch records.

A conventional production fed-batch process involves a multi-stage seed expansion and elaborate clarification steps to isolate the protein of interest from other process impurities. The current ...