It could also help with the design and assembly of exotic new materials and of molecular-scale machines.
Subtle changes in product design simplify assembly or reduce the number of people needed to complete a product.
It comes after US authorities started a joint review with Boeing of the plane's manufacturing, design and assembly.
The North Wales factory that makes Airbus wings is rated as the firm's best site, and will retain wing design and final assembly.
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"Obviously, you have to have a lot of experience and education to go to those top companies, " said Chyld Medford, an instructor of introductory web design at General Assembly.
Japan had pushed product design and the assembly-line genius of Henry Ford to new heights, which let it scale up volume and push down the price of Old Economy products.
Honda used the OSU shop to re-design some of the assembly of the 2008 Accord.
The design of an automobile assembly line came from a Henry Ford associate who had visited a Chicago slaughterhouse.
Favoured firms will be invited to follow the car makers as they expand into new markets, such as China, India or Brazil, setting up parts plants in the shadow of the new assembly lines, and taking over design work too.
In addition to the continuing review of the aircraft's design, manufacture and assembly, the agency also will validate that 787 batteries and the battery system on the aircraft are in compliance with the special condition the agency issued as part of the aircraft's certification.
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The Federal Aviation Administration, which is responsible for air safety, launched a comprehensive examination on Friday of the Dreamliner's design as well as its manufacture and assembly.
Marks realized that tech companies would pay for design, logistics and distribution as well as assembly, so over the years he acquired companies in those areas.
Regulations that the government alleges Wilson violated would require approval for the design, development, production, manufacture, assembly, operation, repair, testing, maintenance or modification of firearms including blueprints, drawings and plans, or just about every aspect required to print a gun using a 3-D printer.
He realized tech firms would pay for design, logistics and distribution, as well as assembly, so he acquired companies in those businesses.
Keynote scores for the ease of its drag-and-drop assembly and its context-sensitive Inspector tool, which will be familiar to users of design products from Adobe (nasdaq: ADBE - news - people ) for controlling the attributes of each element.
Advances in the life sciences means it is now possible to design DNA on a computer screen and send the DNA code to a "bio printer" for assembly.
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