Lean Manufacturing and IoT News

For manufacturers operating multiple plants, getting real-time, apples-to-apples visibility is a major challenge. Each site often runs different systems, measures performance with different KPIs, or

Legacy MES systems and basic monitoring tools are often rigid and slow to adapt. While they claim to offer broad functionality, they’re rarely configured to reflect the nuances of your operations -

There’s no shortage of data on the modern shop floor. The problem is getting the right information to the right people - with the right context to make a difference. Supervisors walk the floor to

For most manufacturers, labor tracking still feels like a disconnected process. Time clocks sit in one system, job data lives in another, and payroll has to piece it all together later. This creates

Think You Know What's Eating Your Profits? Think Again. "And most companies are largely blind to the lack of clarity that is eating their time and profits. They simply don’t see it."

Can Smart Sensors Change the HVAC Business? "The corporate world is grappling with a future where an estimated 30 billion devices will be Internet-connected by 2020."

5 Coaching Tips for Lean Excellence and Continuous Improvement: "More times than not, the recipient of this so-called “coaching” walks away disillusioned by what they think was a coaching experience and perhaps, deflated and unmotivated. As a result, coaching can get a bad rap and employees may begin to disengage. So what does a real coaching conversation look like?"

Are Your Scrap Metrics Lying About What Happens on the Shop Floor?: "Every plant needs metrics that tell the truth about performance."