While smart manufacturing is centered around digitally transforming manufacturing operations to create new and better ways of doing business, data is also key. Unlocking new capabilities, reducing ...

Already known and respected for its analytical capabilities, Metrics Contract Services has purchased new equipment that will speed testing for elemental impurities per new international guidelines. 30 ...

Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) continues to gain in popularity as manufacturers seek to quantify plant, manufacturing line, and machine-level performance and find ways each area can be improved ...

Generating the right resource forecasting, labor-hour scheduling or resource allocation information can be a challenge for project-oriented manufacturers. Tracking the right metrics is crucial when ...

Nothing is more important to production managers in food companies than efficiency. While having access to better data cannot guarantee the elimination of production outages, it can head off the ...

Over the years, measuring manufacturing performance has been an ongoing challenge for companies. Plants have operated in isolation, disconnected from the supply chain, or have employed metrics that ...

The agency has developed key measurements for evaluating facilities, processes-- and even culture-- in an effort to help manufacturers produce quality products. With an eye on manufacturing ...

Connecting roles, responsibilities Part of daily operation Get involved Standardize calculations Internal training programs EQMS, MOM, and IEM Better analytics, business intelligence If it takes a ...