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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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    Digital manufacturing's impact on the industry
    Manufacturing News / August 10, 2018
    Smart manufacturing and industry 4.0 are changing manufacturing as a whole. Forbes said, "By digitizing traditional manufacturing methods, including injection molding and CNC machining, and...

    Paving the way for more women in manufacturing
    Manufacturing News / June 18, 2018
    Manufacturing is a great, growing field! "Yet, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014) notes that while women represent nearly half of the total U.S. labor force (47 percent),they comprise less...

    IT professionals focusing on IoT
    Manufacturing News / May 30, 2018
    Forbes reported that a recent survey showed 31% of 500 IT professionals listed IoT as their primary focus of new tech projects. "Of companies surveyed, more have IoT workflows already in production...

    Manufacturing turning a corner
    Manufacturing News / April 30, 2018
    Manufacturing is doing extremely well - and growth is expected to continue as long as workers can be recruited. Inside Sources reported, "Manufacturers are looking to better attract and retain...

    Manufacturing jobs returning to the US
    Manufacturing News / April 30, 2018
    Design News reported that 171,000 manufacturing jobs were reshored last year. They reported, "Moser noted that one of the reasons jobs are returning is that the cost differential between...
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