PwC's latest report, AI in Operations: Revolutionising the Manufacturing Industry, highlights the pressing forces reshaping the sector, from rising energy costs and inflation to tightening regulations ...

John Clemons is a Solution Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He's been working in the field of Manufacturing Technology for over 30 years. Manufacturing enterprises know it takes people and ...

John Clemons is a Solution Consultant for Rockwell Automation. He's been working in the field of Manufacturing Technology for over 30 years. This is the last article in the series on building a ...

Purdue University’s recently launched eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations Purdue Engineering Initiative, or XMO PEI, is positioned to strengthen the U.S. advanced manufacturing industry’s ...

It's been described as the "engine room" of an organization – a transformational place where steel gets molded into cars, textiles get woven into jackets and plastic springs to life in the form of ...

How do your manufacturing operations' performance metrics stack up against your competition's efforts? How do they compare with best-in-class performers? Manufacturers always are looking for the ...

Manufacturing traditionally hinged on on-premises Operational Technology (OT) solutions. Yet, Industry 4.0 has catalysed a shift towards cloud-based solutions to enhance agility and flexibility on the ...

Both service operations and manufacturing operations are in the business of satisfying customers, and that requires organization and planning. While the mechanisms and inputs for creating customer ...

QUESTION: Do you have any suggestions about how to establish improvement goals? For example, I want to see a 10% or 20% or 30% reduction in cycle times this year. ANSWER: My view is that it is ...

Leading manufacturers are beginning to understand that manufacturing systems that are adapted to the special needs of operational environments can indeed yield serious benefits. MOM is an acronym for ...