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Smart Manufacturing Meets Lean Six Sigma

by thinkiq | Apr 25, 2022 | Blog

American manufacturing is reestablishing its global dominance after decades of decline. In spite of the drum beat of political rhetoric about tax breaks and other bi-partisan legislative incentives, the resurgence in American manufacturing is driven by automation with...

What differentiates top machine shops from the rest?

by thinkiq | Apr 22, 2022 | Blog

Modern Machine Shop conducts an annual survey of American machine shops. Of the 356 respondents, the top 20 percent were designated as “top shops” based on their scores for sales per employee, sales per machine, and utilization rates.Surprisingly, the top shops were...

How Are Manufacturers Increasing Supply Chain Agility In The Chemical Industry?

by thinkiq | Apr 20, 2022 | Blog

The chemical industry is essential to the health of the global economy, influencing many other industries including the textile, automobile, and pharmaceutical industries. Incredibly, the chemical industry affects the production of more than 96% of the manufactured...

The Food Industry Invests in Artificial Intelligence & the IoT

by thinkiq | Apr 18, 2022 | Blog

Industry Week reported in January that American manufacturing continued to expand at a healthy pace and for the 17th consecutive month. The closely watched factory index from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) increased to 59.7, up from 58.2 in December, making...