DARMSTADT, GERMANY -- Plexus will set up a design and engineering center here as part of the EMS company's expansion into the EMEA region.

SUMMIT HILL, PA – A new collection of labor and space optimization techniques, assembly conveyor types, case histories, materials handling layout configurations and sizing dials, and examples of various return-on-investment scenarios is available.

Classic Productivity Systems, released by JD Gray Associates, also includes manual component insertion time values for through-hole components.

There are two versions: Rev A (278 pages) contains generic industrial engineering proposals should a company seek outside expertise in cost reduction; Rev B (243 pages) does not contain generic industrial engineering proposals.

The book provides a quiz to determine existing operation efficiency based on installed direct labor control systems, storage rack devices, level of robotic component installation, through-hole component clinching methodology, layout methodology, degree of inventory/tracking software and materials handling mechanization status.