Most suppliers meet IATF 16949 Standards for the first time in an email. Typically, a customer’s purchasing team sends over…
Ethan Caldwell
Oct 13
Ethan Caldwell writes on automotive manufacturing and lean plant operations for Speed-source.net, turning shop-floor processes into practical guides.
The first time I stood next to a 2,000 ton press as it opened, I expected something dramatic. Instead, I…
Ethan Caldwell
Oct 13
My first job making CNC auto parts was a cast aluminum valve body for an automatic transmission. It had forty…
Ethan Caldwell
Oct 13
Walk into any stamping plant and the first thing you notice is the rhythm. A big press cycles at a…
Ethan Caldwell
Sep 29
The first time I walked a stamping line as a junior engineer, I assumed the press was the whole story…
Ethan Caldwell
Sep 29
I have walked a lot of production floors over the years, and in almost every one of them, lean manufacturing…
Ethan Caldwell
Sep 29
The first time I walked a full vehicle plant as a young engineer, my supervisor gave me one piece of…
Ethan Caldwell
Sep 29
