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This 3-page white paper, written by Ned D. Young, discusses the differences between supply chain technology and supply chain management, by defining both concepts, and then describing their purposes. As it is defined in this paper, supply chain management involves "the design, planning, execution,...

This lesson plan from the Florida Advanced Technological Education (FLATE) Center provides an introduction to manufacturing careers for high school students. The students will identify which items in their classroom were manufactured, and connect those items to possible career paths. The activity...

How Products Are Made is a website that explains and details the manufacturing process of a wide variety of products. Organized in seven "volumes," products are listed alphabetically. Each product article then details, step-by-step, the processes and procedures used in manufacturing. Articles also...

This webinar, from the Florida Advanced Technological Center for Manufacturing (FLATE), provides a brief introduction to FLATE followed by presentations from international professionals who share their respective cultures and insights on increasing diversity. The featured presenters are from...

This 4-page resource, from the STEM Guitar Project, provides the steps for a classroom demonstration on how to paint a swirl guitar. Materials required include a plastic storage container, borax, oil paint, and a guitar body. Photographs of the process are also included. 

This video, from the LEAD with Guitars in STEM project, is the first in a series of two demonstrating the steps for setting up a guitar. The host, Doug Hunt, first demonstrates fret leveling uses a notched straightedge and fret rocker to ensure all frets on the guitar are the same height. He then...

This video, from the LEAD with Guitars in STEM project, is the second in a series of two demonstrating the steps for setting up a guitar. The host, Doug Hunt, first demonstrates the cutting of excess strings after installation before the installation of the string bar. He then shows the process of...

This video is part of a series of hydraulic cylinder training modules by Lewis-Clark State College. This video provides an introduction to hydraulic cylinders. The video discusses everyday uses of hydraulic cylinders, the design of a cylinder, how single acting cylinders work, what is a double...

This video is part of a series of hydraulic cylinder training modules by Lewis-Clark State College. This video provides an introduction to hydraulic cylinders. The video discusses the basic of pneumatics and shows examples of of pneumatic devices. Single and double acting cylinders are also...

This video is part of a series of hydraulic cylinder training modules by Lewis-Clark State College. This video provides an introduction to drawing hydraulic cylinder parts. In this lesson students will learn how to model cylinders using Solidworks CAD software and how to apply math formulas to...