![]() ![]() The GE Global Research Center sought out a powerful and flexible tool to analyze, not just the specific process, but the manufacturing system as a whole. With over 27,000 variables tracked daily, GE was equipped with a lot of data, but they lacked the means to answer questions, analyze the data properly, or test and evaluate options. GE’s exciting opportunity brought on many new challenges, such as increasing production throughput and yield under evolving processes and uncertainties, and reducing manufacturing costs in order to gain market share. Expanding the facility doubled production, added 100 new jobs, and brought the total factory workforce to 450 when at full capacity (, 2014). The new Durathon battery products, which are half the size of conventional lead acid batteries, but last ten times longer, are the result of GE’s $100 million initial investment in battery technology developed at GE’s Global Research Center (, 2014). ![]() ![]() In 2012, GE opened a new battery manufacturing plant in conjunction with the launch of an innovative energy storage business. ![]()
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