Taking control of your online presence is critical. Arguably, it’s even more important now than it was only one year ago. With so many people isolating and working from home, the digital interface is often the first point of access or inquiry, so mastering...
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Companies in the manufacturing arena and beyond are embracing Lean Manufacturing techniques to improve customer contentment and profitability through greater efficiency. Eliminating waste is the ultimate goal and principle of Lean Manufacturing. By turning a laser-sharp focus on reducing waste – of time, effort,...
Read MorePandemic Preparedness For Manufacturers
18
Sep2020
Categories :Latest News, Manufacturing
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,...
Read MoreHow To Solve 5 Common Sourcing Problems
11
Sep2020
Categories :Latest News, Manufacturing
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...
Read MoreSix Sigma To Improve Productivity
04
Sep2020
Categories :Latest News, Manufacturing
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)...
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Customer service functions were already showing a migration to remote work, pre-Covid. Then along came a global pandemic, and managerial and office workers began to work at home in huge numbers. The question everyone is pondering: Will those jobs migrate back to the workplace,...
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Categories :Latest News, Manufacturing
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...
Read MoreMentorship To Bridge The Skills Gap
07
Aug2020
Categories :Latest News
The skills gap is a common topic of concern in the manufacturing industry. In September 2019, the National Association of Manufacturers and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a record number of unfilled jobs. Since then, employment statistics are upended with the Covid crisis, and education...
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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...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly refined and accessible as we conclude the second decade of the 21st century. Manufacturing is one of the many fields benefitting from incredible capabilities of AI and the exponential increase in computer power on which AI relies. Here’s...
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