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We’re living through unprecedented circumstances as COVID-19 continues to impact every area of life, in every country, on every continent. These last few months have been game-changers, and the changes and impacts continue to unfold as the pandemic persists. The situation, the scientific consensus,...

Even the best-run plant can be crippled by procurement problems. Even if every single process has been calculated, critiqued, and re-created for perfect efficiency, sourcing problems will throw a massive wrench into the system and make all those improvements useless. A smooth, seamless procurement...

We all want to improve productivity in the plant, but that productivity has to be quality-driven. If mistakes and flaws increase at the same rate as productivity, that can hardly be called a win. There’s a constellation of strategies for improving quality control (QC)...

The coronavirus has upended nearly every aspect of our economy, and manufacturing is bearing its share of the challenges. Product demand has shifted enormously; suppliers as well as customers have been upended; liquidity issues are paramount. Here are some pivotal arenas where manufacturers are...

Lean Manufacturing is a widely embraced philosophy of production with roots in Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation, which has been building cars since its founding in 1937. The principles and philosophies evolved over the course of decades, and were named, formalized and detailed in the...

Manufacturing is the ultimate hands-on endeavor. At its most basic, it is the transformation of materials by humans – something that has been going on since our early ancestors first used primitive tools approximately 3.4 million years ago. We’ve come a long way since...

Are you preparing for a second wave of COVID-19? While public health measures have helped reduce the number of people reporting infection with COVID-19, experts have predicted a second wave all along. Today, numbers are on the rise in many areas, and it’s generally...