Quiz: Biomedical Engineering Innovations in History

Too much time in weightlessness is bad for human health. One startup is looking to build a rotating station that could allow visitors to walk, sit, and sleep without worry.

Innovation is the ability to conceive, develop, deliver, and scale new products, services, processes, and business models for customers. Getting there, of course, is the challenge, and engineers and executives appear to have different views on what it is and how to get there. A new survey by TE Connectivity points out the differences.

Lean principles are straightforward, common-sense approaches for improving manufacturing operations within any production process. The eight most essential include cellular manufacturing, Takt Time, Standardized Work, Continuous Flow, Poka-Yoke, Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen, and Six Big Losses.