Operations leaders usually have more maintenance data than they can use.

3D printing has matured from a speculative sci-fi fantasy into a practical tool.

Ask anyone who’s bought a handheld 3D scanner with optical tracking system in the last few years about what sold them, and you’ll hear about speed. More points per second. Larger scanning areas. Faster data capture.

The vision system scanned the part and logged a pass. The SPC chart stayed inside its control limits. The line kept moving.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects are among the most significant technology investments an organization will ever make. They support everything from finance and procurement to inventory management, customer service, and workforce planning.

In manufacturing, some of the most important financial gains never appear as an obvious line item.

False rejects quietly impede manufacturing efficiency, yet most quality teams treat them as an acceptable cost.

Businesses running equipment that depends on actuators, especially in high-cycle or nonstop operations, already know this: It’s common for actuators to fail without showing any warning signs.

High-mix manufacturing has become the norm. Production lines are expected to produce more part variants in smaller batches and at a faster pace than ever before—all while maintaining very high quality.

As a significant portion of the experienced manufacturing workforce approaches retirement, companies face the critical threat of losing undocumented tribal knowledge.