This book gives an insight on how an often-overlooked jig and fixture used as a manufacturing aid to produce a product to deliver products reliably and repeatedly with high quality. This continuous improvement project of a machining process was applied to winding cones used in overhead garage doors. The improvement was a necessity estimating the need for 43% faster production cycle (takt time) compared to the previous year. Hence, the main objective was to reduce the machining time required per part by designing a modular jig system, ideally with 12 parts per cycle. The critical outcomes of...

Als Fernando Pessoa 1912 in seinen Artikeln A Nova Poesia Portuguesa Sociologicamente Considerada und Reincidindo "das kurze Auftauchen der Supra-Camões" ankündigte, stellte er sich seinen triumphalen Auftritt als erlösender Dichter einer Nation vor, die seit langem auf ein Wiederaufleben ihrer glorreichen Tage hoffte. Zweiundzwanzig Jahre vor der Veröffentlichung von Mensagem träumte sein Autor bereits von einem Werk, das Os Lusíadas in der mythisch-poetischen Vorstellung Portugals übertreffen könnte. Dieser grandiose Wunsch, eine Realität verändern zu können, stieß jedoch auf...

When, back in 1912, Fernando Pessoa announced in his articles A Nova Poesia Portuguesa Sociologicamente Considerada and Reincidindo "the brief appearance of the Supra-Camões", he was imagining his triumphant appearance as the redeeming poet of a nation that had long hoped to see its glory days resurface. Twenty-two years before the publication of Mensagem, its author was already dreaming of a work that could surpass Os Lusíadas in Portugal's mythical-poetic imagination. However, this grandiose desire to be able to change reality would come up against severe "foggy" conditions, which would...

Lorsqu'en 1912, Fernando Pessoa annonçait dans ses articles A Nova Poesia Portuguesa Sociologicamente Considerada et Reincidindo « la brève apparition des Supra-Camões », il imaginait son apparition triomphale en tant que poète rédempteur d'une nation qui espérait depuis longtemps voir resurgir ses jours de gloire. Vingt-deux ans avant la publication de Mensagem, son auteur rêvait déjà d'une oeuvre qui pourrait surpasser Os Lusíadas dans l'imaginaire mythico-poétique portugais. Ce désir grandiose de pouvoir changer une réalité se heurte cependant à de graves conditions de «...