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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
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    Creating a successful lean manufacturing initiative
    Lean Manufacturing / December 06, 2018
    Want to create a successful lean manufacturing initiative? Learn from others' mistakes. Business News said, "An effective strategy is to start with desired outcomes, normally your current pain...

    How advanced analytics in manufacturing can help you go...
    Lean Manufacturing / November 27, 2018
    Advanced analytics are an amazing way that you can get leaner in real time. They can reduce waste by helping you become more efficient. They can also increase your responsiveness, reliability,...

    Lean manufacturing and productivity
    Lean Manufacturing / November 19, 2018
    The benefits of lean manufacturing are far more than just your efficiency. Employee productivity is also affected. Insights said, "Increased employee productivity means stronger morale, more...

    How lean manufacturing techniques can help you make dec...
    Lean Manufacturing / November 07, 2018
    Lean manufacturing techniques streamline processes, and those principles can streamline decision making too. Principles like eliminating waste and preventing mistakes are very applicable to an office...

    Why lean isn't just for huge corporations
    Lean Manufacturing / October 19, 2018
    It's a common misconceptions that lean strategies are only for big businesses. Industry Week said, "There are rules of thumb to help improve the opportunity for lean success among low-volume,...
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