Managing Productivity
I’ve made it my personal crusade to keep a focus on the fundamental importance of productivity to manufacturers, to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and to the MEP centers
The Digital Dilemma
Throughout human history we’ve constantly sought out tools and capital to make us more productive. From the formation of basic tools to assist in farming to real cultivation and shaping of the land for greater yields, humankind learned to grow food.
Lasers Could Turn Regular Metal Surfaces Into Bacteria Killers
A new laser treatment method could potentially turn any metal surface into a rapid bacteria killer just by giving it a different texture, researchers say.
Exact Metrology Helps Retrofit Aircraft
(Exact Metrology: Cincinnati) -- Exact Metrology, a comprehensive metrology services provider, recently completed a job at Chicago Jet Group.
Freedom Rings the Bell for Efficient, Profitable Shop-Floor Operations With Real-Time Production Monitoring
(Freedom: Cincinnati) -- Freedom IOT brings productivity improvement to any shop floor with its comprehensive Smart Manufacturing Platform that seamlessly connects all industrial assets and business systems, and provides real-time data collection and monitoring.
Quality Professionals Need to Defeat Unconscious Bias
How can quality professionals defeat unconscious bias? First, you need to know what unconscious bias is.
MTBF of a Human
Image: Henry Burrows
‘What’s the MTBF of a human?” A bit of a strange question I ask in my Reliability 101 course. Why ask such a weird question? I’ll tell you why. Because MTBF is the worst, most confusing, crappy metric used in the reliability discipline.
Expanded Tables for the Analysis of Mean Moving Ranges
In May 2019, James Beagle and I published an article that contained tables for the analysis of mean moving ranges or ANOMmR (pronounced a-nom-m-r). By request of those using this technique, I have expanded these tables. This article contains these expanded tables and
The Graceful Exit
Robert Siegel has peered into the post-Covid-19 future and concluded that anyone hoping for a quick recovery is likely to be disappointed. Which means a great many businesses will fail.