Summary
Automation Alley is a World Economic Forum Advanced Manufacturing Hub (AMHUB) for North America and a nonprofit Industry 4.0 knowledge center with a global outlook and a regional focus. We facilitate public-private partnerships by connecting industry, education and government to fuel Michigan's economy.
In today’s manufacturing landscape, where data drives decisions and automation accelerates production, an uncomfortable truth remains: many organizations still don’t actually know whether the data they’re collecting is the right data. Sensors, quality stations, SPC...
In today’s automotive industry, cost pressure is a constant challenge cemented deep within the industry. Annual OEM price‑down expectations, volatile raw‑material markets, electrification investments, capacity constraints, and customer cost penalties for quality...
In modern manufacturing, the quality of inspection results depends heavily on the quality of the inspection plan. However, inspection planning is often still done manually using drawings, CAD screenshots, or informal annotations. This approach introduces several...
Manufacturing leaders argue that true ownership of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing) must extend beyond design to a shared, end-to-end responsibility across engineering, production, and quality teams to ensure functional intent is preserved throughout the product lifecycle.
Independent, third-party cost assessments consistently outperform internal reviews for automotive Tier 1 suppliers by uncovering structural inefficiencies, and enabling faster, more sustainable cost transformation.
Manual inspection planning is becoming a bottleneck in modern manufacturing, where reliance on 2D drawings and CAD screenshots often leads to inconsistent tolerances and broken data continuity.
