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Leadership Skills
How to lead from the factory floor
To drive continuous improvement: be visible, communicate your vision, and always keep listening.
Lean Six Sigma
Correct workload imbalances in your maintenance program to leverage Lean principles
Alex Ferrari
To fully leverage Lean, traditional concepts like mura need to be interpreted to fit the maintenance context.
Lean Six Sigma
The secret to Lean transformation success
The Tool Belt
In this episode of The Tool Belt, Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels discuss their journey as women leaders in manufacturing.
Lean Six Sigma
Are reliability woes keeping you up at night?
The Tool Belt
In this episode of The Tool Belt, Peter Christian shares his thoughts on the many shades of maintenance in the post-COVID age.
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How kaizen can guide your post-COVID cleaning protocols
Jill Henry
Optimize your cleaning efficiency to enhance preventive maintenance and keep employees engaged.
Inventory Management
Inventory solutions: A well-organized tools and parts area is key to a productive work environment
Jim Laprade
Organizing tools and parts via a Lean 6S system can help tidy your work space and add to the bottom line.
Lean Six Sigma
What are the operational impacts of social distancing on the Lean shop floor?
Jane Liu
Return to your Lean techniques to critically examine your processes for physical touchpoints.
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Industry News
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Stellar purchases warehouse in Iowa to help expand operations
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Industry News
Schneider Electric invests $140 million to increase U.S. manufacturing and build a new plant in Tennessee
Digitalization
4 intelligent tools to help you manufacture a resilient digital future
Maggie Slowik
Industry News
DOE offers $5 million in prize money to train workers for a career in solar manufacturing
Industrial Training
Training lessons learned from the United States Army
Craig Cotter
Take a precision-based, standards-focused approach to skills development.
Industrial Training
How your plant can train like the military
Craig Cotter
Take a precision-based, standards-focused approach to skills development.
Leadership Skills
How to diagnose your plant's organizational problems
Tom Moriarty
Looking to identify your top opportunities for improvement? Tom Moriarty says take a strategic approach.
Lean Six Sigma
Self-service continuous improvement
Edwin van Dijk
Tap into advanced analytics to fuel improvement efforts across the organization.
IIoT
Lean for digital manufacturing: The human factors critical to IoT success
Bob Argyle
Lean principles can help your people deploy the right IoT technology at the right time.
Changing Workforce
Expand your workforce for free!
Doc Palmer
Doc Palmer says you can finish 50% more work orders per month with your existing staff.
Lean Six Sigma
4 building blocks for lean manufacturing
Bob Argyle
Give people the data they need to support them in making the changes you want.
Lean Six Sigma
Don’t leave home without them: Why assessments are key to reliability success
Catherine Marshall
If you want your continuous improvement journey to be a success, the best place to start is with assessing where you are right now.
Lean Six Sigma
Fighting fakes: The scary truth about counterfeiting in manufacturing
Sheila Kennedy
The specter of counterfeiting’s safety and business threats is growing. Here’s how some companies are fighting back.
Lean Six Sigma
Get your stuff together, Part 2: Achieve storeroom excellence
John Ross
In the conclusion of this two-part series, master efficiency in your storeroom.
Industry News
NIST announces competition for new Manufacturing USA institute that focuses on AI
Industry News
Chemical manufacturer fined $289K by OSHA for 67 health and safety violations
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Industry News
NanoGraf opens new manufacturing, R&D facility in Illinois to help develop stronger batteries
Industry News
Frozen food manufacturer fined $552K after worker suffers amputation
Industry News
Boat builder to open third manufacturing facility in Louisiana
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GE Aerospace invests $650 million to improve U.S. manufacturing plants and its supply chain
Industry News
Mercedes-Benz fined $439K after firing 2 production workers for taking protected leave
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