MachineMetrics Blog

Make Gains Stick with the Continuous Improvement Tracker

You ran the kaizen event. You saw the improvement. But two months later… is anything actually different? It’s a challenge every CI leader faces. Gains made during Lean or Six Sigma initiatives often
MachineMetrics / Jun 05, 2025

Closing the Gap Between Scheduling and Execution with the...

Manufacturing schedules look great on paper—until they meet the real world. Every day, jobs run late. Machines sit idle. Priorities shift. And despite everyone’s best efforts, it’s hard to answer one
MachineMetrics / May 28, 2025

Real-Time Job Tracking Delivers Clarity to the Chaos of the...

Even the most capable ERP system can only tell you what was planned. It can’t tell you what’s actually happening on the floor, right now. For most discrete manufacturers, job tracking still relies on
MachineMetrics / May 21, 2025

Tariffs & the Factory: What Plant Leaders Can Do to Fight...

Executive Snapshot Tariff policy has shifted sharply in the past 18 months, squeezing margins for U.S. discrete-manufacturing plants. Metal duties remain in force, a new 25% levy on imported vehicles
MachineMetrics / May 01, 2025
START DRIVING DECISIONS WITH MACHINE DATA.

Ready to empower your shop floor?

Learn More
Categories:

    Industry 4.0 Advantages and Disadvantages
    Industry 4.0 / February 24, 2018
    Key Takeaways: Industry 4.0 offers significant advantages like increased automation, improved data analytics, and enhanced production efficiency. However, it also presents challenges, including high...

    Download our new guide to digital manufacturing transfo...
    MachineMetrics / February 22, 2018
    Despite producing perhaps the most data, manufacturing is ranked last in digital transformation efforts compared to all other global industries. Very few companies have created a solution that helps...

    What executives think about Industry 4.0
    Industry 4.0 / February 22, 2018
    Executives worldwide have varying views on Industry 4.0. Many seem to agree that businesses have a large role in its development, that the education system will prepare students for its changing...

    You can benefit from Industry 4.0!
    Industry 4.0 / February 20, 2018
    If you are questioning, know that you can absolutely benefit from Industry 4.0! With the right mindset, any business can. Eureka! said, "Even a simple pump, tasked with distributing product from one...

    Conference in Industry 4.0 in manufacturing and enginee...
    Industry 4.0 / January 25, 2018
    Want to learn more about the applications of Industry 4.0 in manufacturing or engineering? Call us! Or, head to the New Anglia Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing conference in the UK on February...
    All posts