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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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    COVID-19 and Manufacturing: Update from MachineMetrics ...
    MachineMetrics / April 06, 2020
    An Update on What MachineMetrics is Doing As the full impact of the coronavirus sets in, our daily updates to manufacturing utilization have become an ever more useful item in the toolkit of...

    The Impact of COVID-19 on Manufacturing - Week 3
    MachineMetrics / March 23, 2020
    Key Takeaways: COVID-19 significantly disrupted manufacturing operations and supply chains. Manufacturers adapted by leveraging remote monitoring and data-driven strategies. Real-time data helped...

    Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Manufacturing - Week 2
    MachineMetrics / March 16, 2020
    Last week I published my first post on the Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. manufacturing as seen from our customer's anonymized and aggregated data. I was hoping that this outbreak wouldn't become a...

    What's the Impact of COVID-19 on US Manufacturing?
    MachineMetrics / March 09, 2020
    Key Takeaways: The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted vulnerabilities in supply chains and workforce management in the US manufacturing sector. Manufacturers are adopting digital technologies, such as IoT...

    Data tells a story; are you ready to listen?
    MachineMetrics / December 24, 2019
    While many of us are starting the new year resolving to transform ourselves by hitting the gym, eating better, and spending less money, manufacturers have the onus of a far more important...
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