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Metals Industry Digital Transformation and Why to Embrace it

ATS

Greater integration and insight in supply chain and inventory functions. Another reason behind digital transformation in steel industry businesses is the ongoing need to improve profit margins, especially in the face of rising supply chain and shipping costs. Lean manufacturing. Virtual prototyping.

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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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Learning from experience

i4.0 today

Including an extensive number of colleagues working in non-engineering functions. Describing it as a “ fantastic initiative” the judges further extolled the benefits of “ using the supply chain as a training resource. This value increases markedly within supply chains as knowledge moves up the scale.”

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Nesting Software Enables the Reduction of Waste and High Costs

Fabricating & Metal Work

And, while the index is forecasted to fall as the supply chain recovers, shops should still work to adopt practices to do more with less. In this ever-changing manufacturing landscape, the ability to adapt consistently will go a long way to determining a shop’s success.

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3D Printed Metals are Boosting Sustainability at Scale

Fabricating & Metal Work

Manufacturers are under increasing pressure to produce and distribute products more sustainably and so are looking at ways to bring down the carbon emissions of the supply chain. In addition to significant productivity gains and environmental benefits, the high-quality part is functional in extreme weather conditions.

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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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How to Perform a Root Cause Analysis and Corrective Action

CMTC Manufacturing Tech

Confirm the Problem with a Gemba Walk A Gemba walk is a management technique in Lean manufacturing first created by the Japanese automobile manufacturers which involves walking the production floor. How Do You Perform RCCA? So, what does this process entail? We break it down into 10 steps. What and who was affected?