Lean Manufacturing Blog / Industry 4.0

by Dan McKiernan, on Mar 18, 2024 10:51:32 AM

Enterprise-wide solutions can facilitate an extraordinary degree of customization and personalization If you’re a company that produces or manufacturers parts and products, you know there are few priorities more important …

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Topics:OpinionLean ManufacturingIndustry 4.0Quality ManagementConnected Process Control

by Epicor, on Dec 18, 2023 10:00:48 AM

The power and potential of data-driven insights, precision analysis, and refinement. Historically, manufacturing production improvements have been surprisingly speculative and theoretical—an ironic reality for an industry that has long been …

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Topics:OpinionLean ManufacturingIndustry 4.0Connected Process Control

by Epicor, on Nov 13, 2023 5:12:24 PM

Traditionally, manufacturing training processes and protocols are a cost- and labor-intensive proposition that requires painstaking repetition and oversight for operators to master. The conventional method is to assign an experienced …

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Topics:OpinionIndustry 4.0Digital Work InstructionsConnected Process ControlTraining

by Epicor, on Oct 23, 2023 9:02:06 AM

Solving issues before they have a chance to become costly problems One of the frustrating inefficiencies that has long plagued manufacturers—and one that still presents a problem today for those …

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Topics:OpinionIndustry 4.0Quality ManagementConnected Process Control

by Epicor, on Oct 13, 2023 8:30:12 AM

Streamlining and simplifying to drive results In a modern marketplace where customization is king and manufacturers are responding to growing consumer demand with more and more customized products, new tools …

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Topics:OpinionLean ManufacturingIndustry 4.0Connected Process Control

by Epicor, on Jul 10, 2023 8:43:08 AM

Today, growing numbers of manufacturers are embracing the power and possibilities of connected process control technologies and using innovative new solutions to transform their production environments. The best of these …

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Topics:TechnologyLean ManufacturingIndustry 4.0Quality ManagementConnected Process Control

by Epicor, on Apr 16, 2023 2:00:30 PM

Boost new efficiencies, enhance operational excellence, and improve quality. Often in industry there are inherent tensions between complexity and simplicity, sophistication and clarity, and customization and standardization. Tools and technologies …

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Topics:OpinionIndustry 4.0Digital Work InstructionsQuality ManagementConnected Process Control

by Josh Easterling, on May 19, 2022 6:06:37 PM

When production operators work the pack-out stations, I consider that to be one of the most crucial check points for your parts. If you think about it, those operators are …

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Topics:OpinionLean ManufacturingIndustry 4.0Digital Work InstructionsManufacturing Integrated Platform

by Tina Kennedy, on May 13, 2022 3:49:17 PM

Some people might say that the tried and true method of training new operators is to have them shadow a veteran employee. But what if there's no one with the …

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Topics:OpinionIndustry 4.0Digital Work InstructionsQuality Management

by Tina Kennedy, on Mar 24, 2022 5:18:15 PM

Modern societies have digitally transformed over the past three decades at exponential rates. In the 90s there were approximately 11 million cell phone users and according to Statistica, that number …

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Topics:TechnologyOpinionIndustry 4.0Manufacturing CultureQuality Management

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