‘Dark manufacturing’ offers savings, comes with costs

‘Dark manufacturing’ offers savings, comes with costs

Mark Weber-Tribune Content Agency Dark manufacturing. No, this is not clandestine manufacturing or a Darth Vader request to go over to the Dark Side. Rather, dark manufacturing, sometimes referred to as lights-out manufacturing, is a concept in which advanced automation can be implemented in a production plant to not only manufacture the final product, but to acquire materials and components, conduct quality controls and