Breaking Down How to Build Commercial Aircraft
February 2, 2023
The world’s biggest LEGO set, the LEGO Art World Map, has 11,695 pieces. Take that figure, multiple by 513, and you have the 6 million plus parts typically making up a Boeing 747. Roughly 100,000 of these marvels can be found taking off, flying, and landing somewhere in the world every day. How are…
Avoiding 4 Common Digital Transformation Obstacles
May 25, 2021
While the fourth industrial revolution began an entire decade before the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of the virus has only accelerated the changes this revolution has been promising. Manufacturers across the globe have been forced to find ways to maintain productivity in the face of lockdown…
How Digitization Can Help Small Manufacturers
May 18, 2021
If you’ve read any manufacturing blogs or publications lately, you will have seen a lot of the same buzzwords pop up again and again. Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of Things, Additive Manufacturing, Smart Factory, etc. It’s a lot to take in and all very confusing for small manufacturers who…
6 Manufacturing Trends Sure to Pick Up (More) Steam in 2021
December 22, 2020
It took some doing and a whole lot of adapting, but we’ve finally managed to make it to the other end of 2020. Though many manufacturers can’t say they aren’t worse for wear for the experience, they were able to draw quite a few insights as a result of having their status quo challenged and…
How to Build a Waste Heat Recovery System Tailored to Your Business
December 15, 2020
When one thinks of wasted resources, the mind tends to picture certain things: sheet metal, wood, food stuffs, etc. We tend to pigeon hole ourselves into very physical representations of “waste” and focus on mitigating lost profit through eliminating these sources of physical waste. And while this…
How to Promote Circular Economy in Your Business
December 3, 2020
Waste is a guaranteed byproduct of manufacturing, plain and simple – all of the optimization, all of the strategies to reduce manufacturing overhead cost, all of the lean manufacturing in the world isn’t going to completely eliminate waste. Thankfully, waste doesn’t need to be completely…
Why and How to Use Big Data in Manufacturing
November 17, 2020
With COVID, labor shortages, and compromised supply chains in full swing, the average manufacturer finds themselves grappling with one of two paths to follow. They can either A: pare back and attempt to save money – adopting a more lean manufacturing approach that’s optimized to only deliver…
Looking for Trustworthy Industrial Equipment Manufacturers? Ask These Questions
November 4, 2020
Integrating new machinery in the factory floor can be an exciting endeavor. With each new addition of industry 4.0 hardware such as an industrial grade computer or IoT software comes promises of optimization, increased efficiency, and even more increased profits. However, it goes without saying…
10 Ways to Reduce Manufacturing Overhead Costs
October 28, 2020
Manufacturers have been receiving mixed signals as of late. On the one hand, manufacturing has seen a slow rise in activity but, available talent and labor has been dwindling. On one end of the spectrum, peak season and holidays promise increased production but, on the other end, we’re already…
How Industry 4.0 Will Address the Manufacturing Talent Shortage
October 20, 2020
There’s been a rather peculiar, seemingly contradictory, trend coming out of the manufacturing industry the last few months. According to a report by the Institute for Supply Chain Management, manufacturing activity rose up to 56% in August, jumping up nearly 2% from numbers recorded in July. Even…
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