What You Need To Know

When your company heads in a new direction, people in your company may not be quick to embrace it right away. It’s natural for a team to resist change. But we can learn from those natural [...]

What is a contract manufacturer? Many terms are used to describe manufacturers: Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), job shops, assembly shops, printers, fabricators, molders, forgers, and so [...]

We’ve all heard the term Industry 4.0, but do we really understand what it means or what it’s referring to? What does Industry 4.0 mean? Industry 4.0 is a term referring to the ever-increasing [...]

Hold people accountable That statement echoes in management corridors.  Holding people accountable is often noted as one of the primary functions of management, and is considered a key ingredient [...]

Why does a company choose to deploy Lean techniques?  Let’s start with one of the most basic reasons “why”.  Companies deploy Lean techniques to become more cost competitive.  Everyone buys into [...]

Some people might answer the question, “Why aren’t there more good leaders?” by saying that there are not enough individuals who are born as leaders.  However, leadership is not something a [...]

Why should any company consider deploying Industry 4.0?  Because it can revolutionize how they do their business.  SAP Insights explains the concept of Industry 4.0 well: Since the 1800s, we have [...]

The Key To Delivering Effective Performance Feedback To Your Team Delivering constructive performance feedback is rarely something that a plant manager looks forward to, but it’s one of the most [...]

Lean manufacturing tools have steadily been digitized over the past few decades which has helped move manufacturers from instinct driven management to KPI driven management. While historical data [...]