A. John Hart

manufacturing productivity quality plastics process planning operations pick-and-place assembly printed circuit boards integrated circuits electronics processes supply chain education global manipulator automation gripping factory robotics labor environment sustainability process life cycle energy sustainable manufacturing profit economics volume variable cost fixed cost materials cost variation statistics normal distribution process control 3d printing selective laser melting additive manufacturing fdm stereolithography prototyping casting metals production sheet metal forming stamping machining metal thermoforming injection molding