Operations
As a significant portion of the experienced manufacturing workforce approaches retirement, companies face the critical threat of losing undocumented tribal knowledge. Veteran operators possess decades of hard-won, job-specific insights that rarely exist in paper manuals or corporate file systems…
Inbound receiving operations (aka goods-in) in the electronics industry are under increasing pressure.
Countless components from a wide range of manufacturers arrive with constantly changing label layouts, multilingual markings, and ever shorter throughput times. What once could…
Ask anyone in manufacturing or in a project-driven company who has the most difficult job, and without hesitation they will say: the scheduler/planner.
It’s no wonder. Foolproof scheduling is critical to the smooth operation of most companies. Yet, planning and scheduling the…
With Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence’s recent announcement of its inclusion in the NASCAR Competition Partner Program, details on the strategic partnership have emerged. By cementing this tie, the two companies can expand a professional relationship that will enable them to focus on precision…
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have created a new tool that can catch and correct potential mistakes in real time while 3D-printing large plastic parts.
The automated system could help U.S. manufacturers produce large,…
Quality Digest recently spoke with David Isaacson, the executive director of portfolio marketing at Octave. Besides his work on marketing strategies, he also helps people manage, understand, and better control their operations with software solutions that protect industry assets and people while…