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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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    Job growth in manufacturing from automation
    Manufacturing News / June 19, 2019
    The manufacturing industry showed a lot of job growth in May 2019! Advanced Manufacturing reported, "Manufacturing added 3,000 jobs in May, with transportation equipment leading the way. Durable...

    How AR is still making waves
    Manufacturing News / March 25, 2019
    Augmented reality has been making waves for a few years now, but it will continue to change the manufacturing industry in the future. Industry Week said, "In the next five years, we will be looking...

    Using OEE for lean
    Manufacturing News / January 04, 2019
    OEE is a great metric to dig into when working on lean manufacturing initiatives. However, companies that have found success using the metric recommend using it as a baseline and not relying on OEE...

    Manufacturing jobs increased in November
    Manufacturing News / December 19, 2018
    The numbers are in and manufacturing jobs increased by 27,000 last month in the United States. That's a year-to-date increase of 288,000! Many of the jobs created were in durable goods. We still...

    What is Globalization 4.0?
    Manufacturing News / November 21, 2018
    We've all heard of industry 4.0 now, but what is globalization 4.0? The World Economic Forum says we are moving into a new phase of globalization and that, "Globalization and technology are...
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