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Identifying and Eliminating the 8 Forms of Waste in Manufacturing

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Defects identified after sales or transfers can result in product returns, dissatisfied or lost customers, partial or full refunds, and additional costs or legal action resulting from the customer’s use of a defective product. Inventory (Excess) Excess inventory may be a result of overproduction (i.e., But, you don’t have to do it alone!

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Back In Action: An MCMT Special

Dinesh Mishra

For the machines being used for precision applications, most of the critical raw materials like CNC, LM guideways, ball screws, and bearings have to be imported due to a lack of local source of supply. Of course, we have strong competition from import players but our execution timeline with all these difficulties has boosted our sales.

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Avoiding Data DOWNTIME: Applying Lean Principles to Data in Aerospace & Defense

iBASEt

Defects Preventing data defects starts with treating data like any other critical inputinvestigating recurring defects, defining a single source of truth, and thinking critically about changes to data systems. It enables advanced capabilities like data science used in prognostic health monitoring (PHM).