For manufacturers seeking to improve operational performance, understanding how waste appears on the shop floor — and how to ...

John Clemons is a Solution Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He’s been working in the field of Manufacturing Technology for over 30 years. This year, we’re taking a close look at the use of ...

Regulating manufacturing processes in the medical device industry is challenging. But process signature verification can help manufacturers get a handle on problems before they get out of control.

Unit manufacturing processes are the building blocks of a nation's manufacturing capability. They are the individual steps required to produce finished goods by transforming raw material and adding ...

Manufacturing overhead – also called indirect costs – are any costs that a factory incurs other than direct materials and direct labor needed to manufacture goods, notes "Accounting 2," a reference ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...

In smart manufacturing, timely and accurate data flow is critical. Manufacturers seek to monitor every step in their process to ensure optimal results. However, significant challenges include ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Manual processes and slow digital transformation within the manufacturing industry are inhibiting professionals from utilizing data to improve efficiency and ...

For many manufacturers, their most valuable IP is not something they could or even should patent but rather is the accumulated knowledge of how to run their operations better than anyone else.

If there’s one characteristic shared by all the companies on this year’s Most Innovative Companies in Manufacturing list, it would be a commitment to working smarter. Whether that means using machine ...

Integrated processes are those that combine more than one specific unit process into a single piece of equipment or into a group of work stations that are operated under unified control (NRC, 1992).