As a manufacturing plant manager or supervisor, you’ve likely come into contact with differing personalities on the plant floor. Employees under your supervision and working alongside you, although talented professionals, require different approaches to training and day-to-day tasks to achieve their maximum potentials. But how can you help them improve if you don’t start with yourself?…
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By the end of 1918, half of the cars owned in the United States were Ford Model T’s. All were painted black. By the time the last car rolled off the assembly line in 1927 it is estimated that there had been over 15,000,000 Model T’s produced by Ford. Few people in history have impacted…
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No matter how carefully you plan or how much you invest in preventative maintenance, every manufacturing facility will, at some point, have electrical and mechanical failures. Any piece of machinery is only good as its weakest part and any component subjected to a form of stress will eventually have a breakdown. But while occasional repairs…
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Recently, Amazon was granted a patent to produce clothing only after a customer has purchased it. The idea to manufacture the clothing on-demand is to have computer systems coordinate the print, cut and style of a piece of clothing before sending the fabric on to different equipment to be fully manufactured and shipped out. Industrial manufacturing has…
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Manufacturing is advancing, and it’s not stopping anytime soon. Humans have been making machines more efficient and productive since the Industrial Revolution, and today’s manufacturing tech, including robots, is no exception. With so many changes — and so many new and unique machines on production lines — how can industry insiders keep up? The key…
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Many consumers have encountered a situation where a product purchased fairly recently has become obsolete. Consumer goods such as blenders, refrigerators and cell phones go obsolete, even industrial electronics fall victim to this dilemma. A unit purchased within the last few years can have little to no technical or parts support. This causes the user whether a…
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Not only does green manufacturing reduce pollution and improve our planet’s health but it’s also good for business. By converting to “greener” manufacturing processes, company leaders can reduce their energy consumption and insurance rates. Going green can also help improve customer loyalty because many consumers share these conservation values. Global agreements to collectively reduce carbon emissions…
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What would you do if a manufacturing machine part broke? Chances are you’d get a replacement from your warehouse, order the part from a supplier or call someone to fix your machine. But that’s only because you live in the 21st century. Hundreds of years ago, your options — and your manufacturing equipment — were far…
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Harley Davidson is the biggest and most well-known name in motorcycles. Since 1903, Harley Davidson has achieved massive success through many means. From marketing strategies, to arrangements with the U.S. military during World War I, constant innovation has kept the “Harley” on roads throughout the world. An innovation that few think of is supplier relations….
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What is sustainable manufacturing? Is your manufacturing facility sustainable? What can you do to help better meet company initiatives to be sustainable? Sustainable manufacturing is the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. Most sustainability initiatives start from the top down, but with costly…
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