The Metcam open house will allow visitors a behind the scenes look at lean manufacturing principles that are employed in manufacturing to eliminate waste from processes and provide increased productivity and sustainable growth.   A fabricator of sheet metal components located in south Forsyth County wants to highlight the importance […]

Companies that know manufacturing know lean is the way to go. But even lean operations might have some work to do if they’re not using the right tools. As far as advanced technology goes in the manufacturing sector, RFID is actually pretty simple. For just pennies each, radio frequency identification […]

Unlike many traditional business models, Mercury Wire believes that adding value goes well beyond the typical transactional exchange of goods explains Robert Yard, President, Mercury Wire. “Adding value starts well before a product is made – our process begins with thoroughly understanding customer needs and then aligning our operations to […]

Norman Bodek began exploring the notion of productivity in the 1970s. As he pored more deeply into the topic, and how it affected manufacturing, he found himself increasingly analyzing ideas that were born overseas. Along the way, he became one of the first Americans to write about “lean manufacturing, the […]

While manufacturers have used lean principles for decades to increase their productivity and reduce complexity, smart technologies can now be integrated to enhance the impact. Daniel Küpper, partner and managing director at the operations and industrial goods practice at Boston Consulting Group, told BCG.com that manufacturers seeking to optimize their […]

Even today’s super-lean, robotized U.S. manufacturing base holds the promise of some good jobs. For one thing, the McKinsey report emphasizes, manufacturing and service-sector roles increasingly overlap.   In the decade after World War II, the United States produced more goods than the rest of the world combined. Now America’s […]

In certain situations, because of the flexibility and lean process in Florence, Balluff can offer same-day delivery on linear transducers.   With the 2014 expansion of its campus in Florence, Kentucky, Balluff, the German sensor manufacturer and automation supplier, takes another significant step in improving its global production and logistics […]

Energy efficiency is good for profitability and the planet. What’s more, simple improvements in resource management can produce big benefits Of all the commercial factors that might motivate a firm to play its part in the fight against climate change, the chance to improve its efficiency offers the most potential […]

A warehouse worker using an augmented reality wearable device. By now, it’s well known and widely accepted that the explosive growth of e-commerce over the last five years has seriously disrupted the logistics and supply chain industries. Consumers expect fast, cheap (or even free) shipping, a wide range of choices, […]

There are at least three major unrecognized advantages of instituting lean principles, including better navigating the competitive life cycle. In practice, lean manufacturing is an operating philosophy that yields a number of long-term benefits that aren’t always obvious to those who are considering adopting it. The first thing most manufacturing […]