The impact of COVID-19 and the subsequent changes in how factories are located, staffed, managed and digitized are placing pressure on manufacturing operations leaders. This is certainly the case for companies that rely on successful MRO programs, where the nature of work is forcing changes to traditional maintenance and repair procedures. Emerging technologies such as Read More

What business KPIs should I be tracking? How can we reduce scrap? What are our product levels? How can I gain a better understanding of machine downtime? You might be asking questions like these so your manufacturing business can keep pace. With changing customer needs, fluctuating costs, unpredictable events and competitors, how you use every Read More

The global pandemic has had a considerable impact on our organizations and exposed significant vulnerabilities in workplace safety, risk management, business continuity, supply chain, and legal liabilities, etc. Although many organizations are still wrestling with these challenges, the forthcoming flu season and ongoing natural disasters will further complicate our pandemic risk mitigation efforts. This webinar Read More

Almost every business is facing pressure to become more sustainable.  This push might be coming from your customers, your employees, your investors, or from your own vision of what you’d like to do. You may fear that becoming more sustainable will drive up your organization’s costs. However, the opposite is often true: Sustainability and factory efficiency Read More

Are you ready to meet today’s new norm? In our constantly changing environment, optimization has become a necessity, not an option. Join The Raymond Corporation’s John Rosenberger and Jason Fiume as they discuss the value of gaining increased visibility into your operation, and prioritizing steps to optimize, connect and automate your business. They’ll speak on Read More

The bar for maintenance operations leaders has never been higher. You’re being expected to complete your daily work and plan for a better future with fewer resources than ever. So, how are you finding creative ways to work smarter and more efficiently – to truly do your best with less? We understand your passion, drive Read More

CNC machine tools are big capital investments and the more time they spend cutting chips and making parts for your customers, the faster you see a return on your investment. Thus, maximizing utilization of your machines is critical to your shop’s success. CNC Machine Tending is an application of robotics that allows you to automate Read More

It is clear that the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated digital commerce in manufacturing and has transformed buying expectations. But what are the key details that manufacturers must heed in order to capitalize on these changes? To identify precisely how manufacturing B2B buying preferences have changed throughout this crisis, PROS worked with Hanover Research to conduct Read More

The five Lean principles are well known and have been adopted by many organizations since they were introduced in the ‘90s. Ultimately, Lean focuses on eliminating waste (any unnecessary activity that consumes time, resources, or space) so that every step of a process adds value. It is no surprise then that in this period of Read More

Business continuity and productivity can be a challenge in normal times, but under extreme circumstances the challenges can be even greater--particularly where collaboration over long distances is required. Today more than ever, manufacturers are looking for ways to collaborate with peers on designs globally and locally, taking advantage of server farms in data centers to Read More

Concerns about sales tax nexus and tax compliance are NOT a reason to avoid B2B Ecommerce, but there are things manufacturers and distributors need to know to avoid risks while capturing growth from digital channels. Tax compliance fears are not an excuse for ignoring ecommerce. But manufacturers and distributors must be aware of the pitfalls Read More

As manufacturing continues to chart the unprecedented path forward in the face of new realities and considerable disruption, the need to quickly address a very dynamic and evolving shop floor environment has never been clearer. The dramatic pivots across all segments have invited us all to embrace discussion around resiliency, new normal, and of course Read More