While the notion of lean manufacturing has been the cornerstone of operational efficiency in manufacturing for several decades, it’s the advent of digital manufacturing that is truly catapulting lean to another level. The digitalization of processes along the entire continuum of the manufacturing supply chain, starting with a product’s design and development, is what is Read More

Manufacturers have put significant effort and investment into improving Product Engineering.  Now the focus is on improving manufacturing to drive greater overall efficiency with limited resources, and fully integrated business processes.  Product Engineering, however, comprises only a small part of your enterprise costs. The larger savings opportunities reside in the roughly 75% of your budget Read More

An IndustryWeek and Machine Design-hosted webinar, sponsored by Schneider Electric. The fourth industrial revolution is changing the nature of manufacturing.  More volatile markets, new technology capabilities, and increased pressure on performance are precipitating radical change. With this change comes opportunity, especially through the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), which is unleashing huge potential for industrial Read More

Are Your Products Ready for the Connected World? Product designers today increasingly must consider the connected world that people live and work in. The tools we use to design and produce these products have expanded and incorporated new technologies and design practices. Innovative product companies across many industries have greater opportunities to embrace disruptive technologies, Read More

How your MES can predict and prevent quality issues The benefits of making your products right the first time are clear: higher productivity, improved on-time shipment performance, combined with less rework, materials, overtime, scrap, and other costs. You have implemented consistent quality processes and applications such as enterprise resource planning and quality management systems. Still, Read More

Increasing product volume and reducing scrap to the point of achieving Zero Waste to Landfill are competing objectives for many manufacturers. For Brewer Science, a leader in innovative materials and processes for the semiconductor industry, producing high quality products and remaining sensitive to the environment is critical to our success and the success of our Read More

Description You understand the operational challenges that Engineer-to-Order products bring to your organization. You need to provide the flexibility and customization that your clients demand, but the process often results in long bid and order engineering lead times, inaccurate cost and schedule estimates, margin eroding errors, and project schedule/budget overruns. How can you deliver the Read More

The Department of Defense (DoD) has issued the DFARS 252.204.7012 compliance mandate for its supply chain around data protection of controlled unclassified info with a deadline of December 31, 2017! Join our 30 minute webinar to learn how to get into compliance. Presented by Cytellix, who will discuss: DFARS & NIST cybersecurity regulations for supply chain Read More

Industrial Machinery and Heavy Equipment manufacturers today must deal with: Increased production complexity due to high product variants and customized demands from customers Flexible Production Planning and Increased Configurability given the global competitive environment Adopt Industry 4.0 practices to gain competitive edge through digitalization In dealing with these new business requirements, the technological obstacles seem Read More

You work on Continuous Improvement in your Manufacturing... Is it Time for Lean Selling? As you focus on growing sales, do you find your current sales effort: Experience lots of Waste? Wasted time Wasted company resources Wasted opportunities that do not turn into revenue Have you ever done a Sales Root Cause Analysis? Why do Read More

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is here and manufacturers are quickly adopting the technology improving operations, maintenance, and productivity.  The IIot has generated mountains of data, but how can you take maximum advantage of it? The final element of bringing the IIoT to life is to integrate Augmented Reality (AR). Now every member of Read More

The growing need for connected, “smart” equipment can be a disruptive force for many manufacturers. Investments in smart equipment can supercharge your production. It is critical to your company’s long-term health to embrace these changes before your competition gets ahead of you and leaves you in their dust. Plus, your new equipment allows Predictive Maintenance Read More