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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since growing revenues and cutting costs is a longstanding plan for increasing profits, it should come as no surprise that manufacturers are focused on those tried and true basics as they continue the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Interviewing a vice president for manufacturing operations requires some carefully structured questions about education, work history, technical knowledge and extent of manufacturing expertise.