In the 1970s and 80s, we witnessed a revolutionary wave of productivity improvements in manufacturing. New technologies, including personal computers (PCs), numerically controlled (NC) machines, ...

Lean manufacturing lets you achieve high rates of customer satisfaction while controlling waste. Applying the methods of continuing, incremental improvements in the manufacturing process identifies ...

Andreas Eschbach is the founder and CEO of eschbach, a software company that helps production teams work smarter and enhance collaboration. Within the process industry, the chemical and pharmaceutical ...

It takes more than OEE metrics and lean manufacturing tools to achieve continuous improvement on the plant floor. It also needs people. And, while we hear about new technologies that will “empower the ...

Lean concepts and methods have a bit of a reputation for being “anti-innovation.” All the talk of standardization tends to be off-putting to some who claim that the focus on consistency hinders ...

CI fails when leaders treat it as optional. Instead, they must set direction, talk about CI often, allocate time and resources and recognise wins. Credibility comes from action – leaders who join ...