Cylindrical-shaft linear motors

The Toyota Development process has gained a reputation of being a way to supercharge and drastically speed up product development.

The original job of wires and cables was to transport electrical signals from Point A to Point B. Thinking cables not only carry those signals between points, but also provides emphasis, compensation, translation, and conversion of the signal from one form to another.

This short interview with lean development guru Ron Mascitelli covers some of the things companies can do to make their engineers more productive.