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BMW let robots run the factory line. Here’s why it matters.

BMW didn’t announce a breakthrough. It just let robots work day after day, for months. On one of its production lines, robots ran 10-hour shifts without downtime, handling real assembly work alongside ...
The Spokesman-Review

On Boeing’s factory floor, workers feel ‘overmanaged and undersupported’

Patric Boone doesn’t think Boeing can change. Boone, a machinist who works in Boeing’s Everett, Washington, delivery center on its KC-46 military tanker, joined the company in 2010. He liked its ...
Business Insider

Boeing factory workers say they're overworked and under pressure to 'make miracles happen,' report says

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Boeing factory workers have expressed concerns about pressures on production speed as the planemaker's ...
Business Insider

I went from factory worker to software engineer after 3D-printing a fix that impressed my boss. Here's my top tip for getting promoted.

Justin Flint, 27, dropped out of college in 2019 and took a job at a factory. After inventing a fix while employed on the assembly line, he was promoted to software developer. Now, Flint works as a ...