Compressed air is among one of the highest cost and least energy efficient systems in manufacturing. If you are responsible for or depend upon compressed air in your plant or building, join our North Central Pennsylvania Energy Efficiency Roundtable webinar on April 27th. Hank Van Ormer, founder of Air Power USA Inc., and Don Van Ormer, Senior Air Specialist, will discuss best management practices and opportunities to reduce energy costs and increase the performance of your compressed air system. Specifically,…

Organizations regularly set objectives for safety and quality, and those objectives rarely target excellence or perfection. Instead, they target goals for reducing injuries, illnesses or quality-related incidents. However, W. Edwards Deming, the brilliant engineer and statistician who became a leading spokesperson for quality after WWII, taught that when an organization accepts a certain level of imperfection, that organization will always have imperfection. When it comes to reducing injuries and illnesses and achieving operational excellence, the goal must be zero negative…

Most businesses were caught off guard by 2020, and were unprepared to react quickly to some of the unexpected impacts to their business. Do you know what other risks may be lurking out there that can threaten your future business? It’s critical for any business to learn how to identify your business exposure to risk. Understand what steps you can take now to eliminate or lessen the impacts of risks, and how to better manage them.  Register

The unprecedented use of e-commerce has contributed to a huge growth in the need for efficiency in distribution and warehousing. For example, the distribution of pre-prepared, home delivered meals and other grocery items has increased the need for cold-chain and freezer storage. New Lithium battery technology is an integral part of effective scaling and efficient use of new and existing material handling equipment. In this webcast, you will learn from practical examples how an integrated power platform, enabled with the…

Have your safety communication soft skills taken a back seat during the pandemic? You’re not alone. The rush to implement COVID-19 mitigation protocols has eaten up a significant amount of time and resources across the board. As a result, many safety leaders haven’t been able to go beyond the basics, focusing instead on technical and compliance safety messaging. To make matters worse, social distancing, occupancy limits, and face masks introduced barriers to in-person communication— where soft skills are often used…

How to start your journey and avoid common issues with robotics implementations. After deciding to implement robotics, the goal of any organization is to attain a fast ROI by having the robot working quickly with minimal risk.  However, far too many organizations find their robotic implementations run behind schedule and create a series of new problems to solve, not the productive asset and tool they envisioned.  With concepts from the book Lean Robotics and real world experience, we will go…