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Everything, it seems, has a vulnerability. For werewolves, it’s silver bullets. For Superman, it’s Kryptonite. For manufacturing—it’s rework. Rework means loss of throughput, which means loss of profit, which can mean death by a thousand rewelds. But, just as silver bullets can be dodged, and Kryptonite can be avoided, much rework can be prevented by adopting appropriate technology.

In 1902, Elias Gunnell, Charles West, and Lynford Geer launched the Manitowoc Dry Dock Co. to construct and repair wooden ships. Starting in 1925, West, then the company’s CEO, began building cranes on a subcontract basis for the Moore Speedcrane Co., a move that marked the beginning of a legacy of world-class crane manufacturing.

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