Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing: 5 Real World Examples

Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing: 5 Real World Examples

Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing: There’s a lot of buzz today, and yet there can still be a lot of confusion about what they are and how they apply in manufacturing. Let’s explore some of the real world ways the digital solutions of Industry 4.0 Smart...
Smart Manufacturing Meets Lean Six Sigma

Smart Manufacturing Meets Lean Six Sigma

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?

What differentiates top machine shops from the rest?

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...