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Sustainable manufacturing.(EDITOR'S WEB PICKS)
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Machine Design
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June 19, 2008
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Analysts agree that raw materials and labor are the two largest costs for most manufacturers. Production inefficiency, scrap, and rework cost time, money, and reputation, and today's highly compressed product-development and manufacturing cycles magnify the problem. But it ...