Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

Improving productivity has been a manufacturing goal since the beginning of the first industrial revolution. Getting more product out the door faster and cheaper has led to more innovations in ...

The Pro.Lean module, part of Emerson’s Movicon platform, creates a holistic view of OEE to improve overall plant efficiency. Source: Emerson Discrete Automation Advanced technologies like AI, the ...

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FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ECI Software Solutions, a global provider of cloud-based business management software and services, today announces the launch of two new add-on solutions for its ...

Industrial manufacturing leads the way in adopting emerging technologies to optimize costs and drive growth. Ninety-three percent of industrial manufacturing organizations use artificial intelligence ...

The U.S. economy has been in a productivity depression for more than a decade, suffering from a historically unprecedented slowdown in labor productivity growth. The issue is finally getting attention ...

The manufacturing world is constantly looking for processes that can accelerate production while lowering unit costs and improving product reliability. Each innovation must mesh with the overall ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Manufacturing accounts for a tenth of US employment, but more than two-thirds of corporate patents and R&D ...