Under the best of circumstances, shop-floor communications have been siloed endeavors, often lost in the clutter of sticky notes, white boards, spreadsheets and a sea of never-ending emails, texts and phone calls. Despite this all-too-common reality, we can all agree that the ability and skills displayed on the floor to meet the expectations of every Read More

COVID-19 accelerates the need for re-designing your (global) network of distribution and production operations. What are the post COVID-19 requirements of your customers as well as your company’s C-level? And how can you combine risk-resilience, shortening lead times and cost effectiveness? How do you make the trade-off between low costs (e.g. production in China/ Asia) Read More

Join us for this webinar hosted by NIST MEP working with the NIST Engineering Lab focused on ventilation impacts on indoor aerosol transport and current HVAC recommendations for re-opening buildings. The presentations will describe how building ventilation rates and other important building airflows impact the fate and transport of indoor aerosols. These airflows, specifically mechanical Read More

Being resilient to change and responsive to the unexpected has never been more essential for success in manufacturing than now. The companies who have been most successful responding to the pandemic are not surprisingly the ones who have invested in and thoughtfully applied technologies that give them up to the minute comprehensive information about their Read More

Reshoring is a rising trend in manufacturing to handle challenges with an offshore supply chain. Reshoring has significant benefits, and it also has some risks. A number of those risks such as cost, quality and communication can be addressed by using manufacturing analytics / IIoT solutions. This webinar will briefly discuss those risks of reshoring Read More

Many manufacturers have to balance a complex arrangement of multiple manufacturing sites, each running different systems to complete different operations to get products to market. Gaining visibility into, and assuring quality across, these multiple sites is not an easy task. Join us on September 10, to hear how one manufacturer accomplished this difficult feat by Read More

All types of manufacturers today face enormous challenges. With so many moving parts (literally and figuratively), manufacturing is a complex business. Optimizing operational efficiency while maintaining control of your costs requires full visibility, in real time, into your own assets, resources and processes, as well as your supply chain. When achieving the best overall business Read More

Driving Excellence Across Process Industries Manufacturing companies are challenged to increase productivity while producing individualized products with high quality in an environment of constantly changing and varying customer demand. Many companies recognize Industry 4.0 as strategic priority to turn these challenges into opportunities. Where does your organization stand when it comes to changes brought on Read More

Resiliency and Digital Transformation have taken on new urgency for manufacturing in 2020 as we all strive to meet the moment. We have all faced considerable challenges, from shutdowns or disruptions in the supply chain to the safety and availability of our workforce. Throughout the moment, manufacturers have had to make frequent pivots to meet Read More

COVID-19’s impact on America’s small and medium-sized manufacturing community has left a trail of unforeseen and devastating disruptions. Existing business plans went out the window for many manufacturers as they struggled to make up lost revenue, manage their current staff, and get orders out the door. Join us to learn the secrets of positioning your Read More

While leveraging a multitude of suppliers or vendors is critical to ensuring your teams have the materials they need, working with suppliers or vendors introduces several sources of risk, like legal, quality, cost, or delivery challenges. These risks only increase as your vendor fleet grows, leaving the success of your organization dependent on your ability Read More

The opioid crisis has escalated dramatically in the past decade across the country, and those affected may also be your employees.  At the same time, the marijuana legalization movement has grown, and a number of states now not only permit medical marijuana but also recreational marijuana. Making matters worse, we are in the midst of a Read More