THE CHALLENGE Roush Industries in Livonia, Mich., is known for its engineering services work in the automotive, oil and gas, recreational and aerospace industries; however, most people associate the company with its reputation for auto racing. It is part of the winning Roush Fenway Racing team in the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series as well as all Ford Racing NASCAR teams. Because of the specialty nature of Roush’s work, production volumes can vary from one-o parts to creating hundreds of parts, in either single-run or repeat jobs. With customers increasingly under pressure for shorter lead-times, Roush Industries often nds itself needing to switch the jobs it is machining within a matter of minutes in order to meet demand. The company wanted to maintain a very exible production envir

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