Embracing Cultural Change, a Vital Part...

Manufacturing is shifting into the digital age, and it’s not only the technologies that are experiencing a transformation. Shifting from siloed and hierarchy-driven business practices to data-driven

MachineMetrics / Oct 08, 2019

How to Avoid Being the "Blockbuster" of...

Industries change generally for a few specific reasons: new technologies arise that present better solutions to people’s problems, people change in a way that presents new problems that require

MachineMetrics / Sep 25, 2019

The Relationship Between AI and Machine...

An interview with Lou Zhang, Chief Data Scientist, MachineMetrics While buzzwords such as predictive maintenance, artificial intelligence, digital twin and augmented reality have promised to enable

MachineMetrics / Sep 11, 2019

Working together for lean

Graham Immerman Lean Manufacturing / September 13, 2018

Lean manufacturing is takes cooperation. It involves new technology like ours as well as top-notch operational organization. Industry Week says that means getting maintenance and operations to work together efficiently. They said, "By adopting lean techniques, maintenance and operations has an opportunity to change from a reactive cost center to a proactive partner in driving increased asset performance and efficiency. This collaborative approach will drive uptime, productivity and ROI on a manufacturer’s capital expenditure." What do you think, could this make your production more efficient?

Recommended ReadGoodbye Silos: Getting Maintenance and Operations to Work TogetherSource: http://www.industryweek.com

In recent years, manufacturers have faced increased pressures, from rising operational costs to an ever-changing regulatory landscape. They've had to learn to function with greater efficiency and flexibility, to quickly respond to changing market dynamics and compete. Operational excellence is key to that. It requires an ongoing transformation and not just the digital transformation that has so much buzz. Read More

Comments

Lean manufacturing and standardized work

Have you heard of standardized work? It has to do with keeping the order in which tasks are done documented. Convergence Training said, "You can think of standardized work as defining who does the tas...