The toughest item was an enormous doghouse that didn't fit in the wrapping machine.

WSJ: To Meet the Biggest Wrap Stars, Stroll Through the Miami Airport

For if a new wrapping machine did not operate as efficiently as anticipated, or if a slogan failed to capture the imagination of shoppers, there would be no escape from shuttered houses and despair in the suburbs of nearby Verviers.

NEWYORKER: Out of the Office

Once a design is set, different bits of the manufacturing process are tried out on computer: a virtual pipe-bending machine, for instance, makes sure that the fuel lines which snake their way through the airframe can be created without wrapping themselves around the machine and bringing it to a halt.

ECONOMIST: Manufacturing technology