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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This blog introduces TPM and describes the 8 principles or pillars on which it operates. This Lean tool is used for workplace organization through a process of sort, systemize, shine, standardize and sustain. What is total productive maintenance? TPM is a proactive maintenance methodology that’s complementary to Lean manufacturing.

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MARCH 25, 2025

Share Industrial maintenance is about more than fixing machines. Its about building a culture of shared responsibility and operational excellence that helps improve efficiency, reduce downtime and keep staff motivated. Leaders must find and maintain the balance between whats needed and whats available to maximize repair ROI.

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MAY 28, 2024

This blog explains the role of MOM in manufacturing. MOM is an all-encompassing approach to coordinating the many functions and teams needed to do that, with the goal of satisfying customer demand as efficiently as possible. What is manufacturing operations management (MOM)?

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AUGUST 2, 2024

Share Most manufacturers are very focused on efficiency. This is the activity of maximizing the output of a process for a given level of input. An efficient organization runs machines hard to maximize output. Maintenance effectiveness vs. efficiency is covered where relevant.

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JULY 21, 2023

Share In any modern manufacturing company, there’s an overwhelming need to be efficient. This involves controlling your process, having full transparency to your operation and maximizing your output. To stay ahead of your competitors, you need to introduce new technologies and methods that further maximize your efficiency.

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AUGUST 8, 2023

Share With the wealth of data that can — and should — be collected and monitored using today’s industrial technology, the need for a unified tool to record, analyze, synthesize and store this information is more important than ever. What is a manufacturing execution system (MES)? How does an MES work?

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JUNE 4, 2024

This blog discusses the benefits of moving to mobile enterprise asset management. Essential mobile features for predictive maintenance Besides size and operating system, (large enough to view pictures and diagrams clearly, compatible with mobile maintenance software), there are a number of other essential features.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It’s an environment that demands precision, speed and efficiency. Machinery and controls are highly sophisticated and often tightly integrated. This blog answers the question, “What is high-tech manufacturing?” Many industries using high-tech manufacturing are highly regulated to help ensure consumers can use the product safely.

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JUNE 4, 2024

In a conventional manufacturing system, responding to new information and requirements is slow and expensive. In contrast, an adaptive system is one that responds quickly, with little or no human intervention, to imposed or required changes. Industry 4.0 Share In many markets customers seek product customization.

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JULY 16, 2024

This provides a basis for setting prices, and a way of seeing whether production operations are under control, becoming more efficient, or in need of remedial action. This blog reviews how to calculate the Total Manufacturing Cost in a reporting period. It begins by answering the question, “What is Total Manufacturing Cost?”

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Low-code manufacturing is one of the most promising applications of Industry 4.0 By providing more control and agency to those who are working the closest to equipment and processes, low-code for manufacturing leverages the know-how of your workers in the most effective way possible. What is a low-code/no-code system?

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JULY 10, 2024

This blog takes the form of an introductory Standard Operating Procedures guide. It can be set out as blocks of text, as a checklist or as a flowchart, depending on what best conveys the information needed. SOPs are often included within the Quality Management System (QMS).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Share AI in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Pharmaceutical manufacturing is one of the most challenging, high-precision processes across industry — and one of the most important and impactful. In this blog, we will examine the current and future impact of AI in pharma manufacturing.

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MARCH 18, 2024

While good news for airlines, this is putting the aerospace parts manufacturing industry under intense sustained pressure. Some will come from investment in new, likely very sophisticated, machinery. This blog reviews the maintenance challenges in aircraft part manufacturing. This is where measurement comes in.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Manufacturers in today’s connected industrial environment have a wealth of available data and high-speed communication technology. Plant life cycle management is a data- and information-focused concept that draws on metrics and analytics to maximize productivity and efficiency throughout every stage and aspect of a facility’s operations.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Connected industrial sensors are playing a bigger role than ever for innovative, forward-looking manufacturers focused on maximizing efficiency, performance, output and safety. We can generally view industrial sensors in two broad categories: equipment sensors and environmental sensors. What are environmental sensors?

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JULY 10, 2024

Manufacturers able to sustain a commitment to this kind of incremental improvement see increases in efficiency, reductions in waste and even lower injury and accident rates. This blog explores what it takes to perform a time and motion study in the manufacturing industry. What is a time and motion study?

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JUNE 12, 2024

Share Audits should be seen as opportunities to find and make improvements to existing systems. In maintenance, auditing the processes used and results achieved will help with meeting goals for asset reliability, asset life extension and cost control. An industrial maintenance audit can be internal or external.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

Continuous pressure comes with the territory — there’s an ongoing need to improve processes, boost efficiency, meet production deadlines and increase margins. Leveraging such efficiencies is one of the roles of the modern maintenance team. Share Manufacturers typically operate in very competitive spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Technological advances, rapidly shifting market conditions, and an industry remaking itself in response to macro global trends mean that manufacturers’ very survival depends on their ability to adapt, innovate and endure. The time is now for manufacturers to start planning for their future. Trends shaping the future of manufacturing.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For production facilities, sustainability can come from your supply chain and logistics partners, but the best-case scenario is to change your manufacturing and maintenance operations. These tend to have the bigger impact, and they’re two aspects you have more control over. It’s no different than looking into Industry 5.0

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

MRO inventory optimization is crucial for supply chain efficiency , helping to ensure products are available and that you have transparency in your companys movement of goods required to keep up with predictive maintenance tasks. Best practices for MRO inventory management What are the best practices for managing MRO inventory effectively?

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Share Artificial intelligence, predictive maintenance and digital twins are just some of the new things happening in manufacturing right now. In this blog, we’ll examine the change that’s underway and the key technologies driving it. In this blog, we’ll examine the change that’s underway and the key technologies driving it.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

In the ongoing pursuit of increased efficiency and improved profit margins, lean manufacturing is one of the most impactful practices that organizations have adopted over the past several decades – and its influence remains significant to this day. What is lean manufacturing? Principles and practices in lean manufacturing.

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JUNE 4, 2024

This blog explores why maintenance budget planning is important. It provides timing of when money will be spent, so the finance team can forecast cashflow, and it enables monitoring and control. The industrial maintenance budget may cover facility repairs, such as work on the roof, as well as equipment maintenance.

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MARCH 18, 2025

Process manufacturing industry examples include chemical and pharmaceutical production, oil and gas refining and food and beverage producers. Process manufacturing industry examples include chemical and pharmaceutical production, oil and gas refining and food and beverage producers. While the rate can be adjusted, the flow is ongoing.

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