Without soil, water, and sunlight, a large, strong oak tree won’t grow. The same concept applies when building lean processes for a small to medium-sized manufacturer.

For growth-starved Western entrepreneurs, the Chinese market is appealing.

Every year, Manufacturing Day brings attention to the career path that has financed millions of growing families throughout the decades—including mine.

The internet has radically democratized the means of marketing cultural products.

I’ve written a lot about how to evaluate the uncertainty measurements.

Science fiction has long imagined a future in which humans constantly interact with robots and intelligent machines.

Organizations in the automotive and related industries such as steel, plastics, and semiconductors have been heavily influenced by automotive industry standards and practices like IATF 16949, advanced product quality planning (APQP), failure mode and effects analysis

Ask any manager at a large organization why the purchasing department matters, and the first factor he will mention will probably be costs. But cost control, though a core competency, is far from the only way purchasing affects firm performance.

Continuous improvement is generally considered to be a journey in pursuit of perfection and is regularly associated with the concept of lean manufacturing.

For more than 50 years, Tri-State Plastics has been honing its skills in thermoforming, CNC machining, die cutting, assembly, and fabricating plastic parts for government and military applications.