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How can software improve production? (5)

How to Buy a Manufacturing Software Tool to Manage Your Errors - Part 3

We have been discussing the use of technology to solve errors in your manufacturing shop. For...

How to Buy a Manufacturing Software Tool to Manage Your Errors - Part 2

As we’ve progressed through this conversation about how to buy a manufacturing software tool to...

How to Buy a Manufacturing Software Tool to Manage Your Errors

Last week, we discussed why you might need a manufacturing software system to manage and eliminate...

The Production Shop Ticket

This week, I had to go to the car dealer for a new battery on my car. This wasn’t where my trip...

The Structure In Your Shop - Part 2

Recently, we upgraded the security system at the office (some good information in that link as to...

The Structural Walls of Your Shop

This week, a neighbor's landscaping project got me thinking about how important it is to have the...

When an Alarm is not an Alarm

Opening the garage door recently, I heard an alarm. A beeping noise coming from my car. Never a...

Confirmation Bias in Your Shop

It’s not often that we quote ancient Greek playwrights, but this morning I’m thinking about...

Everything is on Target, Until it's not.

You go to the morning meeting and you hear the stats. The team tells you everything’s on track. You...

The Black Hole that is Manufacturing

Last week, we all learned about Sagittarius A-star, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way....

How to Buy a Manufacturing Software Tool - Part 4

Manufacturers today are hurting. There's no doubt. Whether you’re growing or not, you are working...

How to Buy a Manufacturing Software Tool - Part 3

We’re talking about how to buy a Manufacturing Software tool. Deciding you need one may be the easy...

How to Buy a Manufacturing Software Tool - Part 2

If you have scrap, late shipments, overruns, inventory shortages, and operator workflow issues and...

How to Buy a Manufacturing Software Tool

We are halfway through the issues we typically see in manufacturing that we need to solve for our...

Why You Need a Manufacturing Software Tool to Manage Your Inventory - Part 2

Almost every manufacturer has the bulk of their expenses tied up in facilities, people, and...