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Identifying and Eliminating the 8 Forms of Waste in Manufacturing

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Success in manufacturing today demands agility and operational excellence, which SMMs can attain through innovative thinking, swift adaptation, and waste elimination - all critical principles in implementing Lean Manufacturing. What Is Waste from a Lean Manufacturing Perspective?

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Maximising Efficient Manufacturing with Minimised Energy

i4.0 today

Eliminating unnecessary steps is another crucial aspect of streamlining production processes and reducing energy consumption — many manufacturing workflows tend to have obsolete steps that consume energy without contributing to product quality or functionality.

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A resurgence in Australian made

Manufacturer's Monthly

“For example, when we were developing an ICU trolley for a hospital, we had ongoing engagement with the customer to understand their requirements, including the dimensions and functionality. ‘We work with our customers to determine the most practical way to manufacture the product before we begin production.

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How to Perform a Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

The point of RCCA is to be proactive by addressing causal factors — the “event or condition in the accident sequence necessary and sufficient to produce or contribute to the unwanted result” — at their source so that they don’t trouble you any further. How Do You Perform RCCA? So, what does this process entail? What and who was affected?

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K. Soundhar Rajhan, Chief Strategy Officer,  Lakshmi Machine Works Limited, shares highlights and insights from his more than five-decade journey with the iconic company

Dinesh Mishra

In 1997, I relocated to Coimbatore to lead the supply chain management function as it evolved into an integrated discipline. In 2009, after completing the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, I moved to China to establish and head LMW’s greenfield project for manufacturing textile spinning machinery.

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Value Stream Mapping in Manufacturing

ATS

Share Value stream mapping (VSM) is a core component of lean manufacturing. Developed as part of the Toyota Production System, value stream mapping is the creation of a diagram that shows all the actions required for raw materials to be sourced, processed, assembled and finally shipped to customers.

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Evaluating edge opportunities for industrial automation

Control Engineering

Figure 1: Emerson provides users with flexible ways to connect with all types of edge data sources, deliver on-premises IIoT and analytics, and provide local or remote visualization, while also enabling future connectivity between the edge and the cloud. Scalability and flexibility across levels of control and computing functionality.