Even when we share the design files for open source hardware, the step between digital files and a real-world mechatronics widget is still a big one. That’s why I set off on a personal vendetta to ...

In a battle as old as ERP itself, users demand intelligent numbers that the IT team bucks against. The battle pits u201cintelligentu201d numbering systems that embed key identifying information ...

Just five years ago, Stephen Snow recalls, Ford's F-series pickups offered three choices of batteries. Today, says the parts director at Northstar Ford- Lincoln in Fort McMurray, Alberta, "you're ...

Back in the late '60s, some people in the trucking business got together and decided to come up with a system that used numbers to describe parts and maintenance activities - a system that could cut ...