Manufacturing success hinges on consistency and productivity. Downtimes, delays, and product defects can completely erode profit margins and cost industrial manufacturers up to $50 billion... Read more
Manufacturing work instructions are important documented processes that help workers consistently create, assemble, package, and ship products. Good manufacturing work instructions can help streamline the... Read more
Downtime, systems failure, and lapsed operations can completely wreck a business’s productivity and revenues. Reports show that unplanned downtime costs businesses over $50 billion annually.... Read more
Have you ever taken a Gemba walk? It is not the latest health trend, physically speaking. Rather, it is part of the Lean Management philosophy... Read more
While food and drink are essential for basic human survival, today’s food and beverage producers face a raft of challenges. There’s the rising specter of... Read more
Standardized work is a series of specific steps and procedures to make manufacturing processes safer and more efficient. Standardized work is a core concept in... Read more
Even prior to COVID-19, Industry 4.0 was gaining momentum among manufacturers. During the global pandemic to present day, the role of Industry 4.0 has become... Read more
Almost everything in our world has been digitized to some extent. Newspapers are now digital, books are eBooks, and letters are emails. The same goes... Read more
Operational agility is an organization’s ability to adapt its regular processes and technology to accommodate changes in the market. Companies with an agile culture can... Read more