The next manufacturing revolution is here. An interesting Ted talk by Boston Consulting group discusses what lies ahead for manufacturing and Industry 4.0 https://www.ted.com/talks/olivier_scalabre_the_next_manufacturing_revolution_is_here A reminder on what exactly is the 4thIndustrial revolution? Well, lets start with the first three… The 1stindustrial revolution started in the 1800s with...
OEE Benchmarks What better way to start the new year than to lead off with a set of manufacturing performance benchmarks. Today's manufacturers place the highest level of importance on the quest for operational efficiencies. Many manufacturers face only capacity constraints - the more they make, the more...
The hype is over – better use of analytics in a company’s supply chain yield immediate results, period. “Companies that embed analytics in their day-to-day supply chain operations generate more significant and far-reaching benefits than those that use big data analytics on an ad-hoc basis…”...
(and not get frustrated) A recent article in Digital Supply Chain Magazine points to research from Deloitte Consulting which offers a tremendous business case for supply chain analytics. Deloitte states that: “… manufacturing companies can realize a margin improvement of 2 to 4 percent by applying...
The Informance Performance Scoreboard is an Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI) solution that blends real-time metrics, rich analytics and production alerts and notifications delivered on large format displays throughout the factory. With “up to the second” information, the plant floor workforce can now quickly see and...
