Inaccurate inventory balances can be a profit killer. Poor inventory management can be a business killer. This is why many manufacturers in Rhode Island and across the United States have turned to barcode scanning systems. These systems improve the accuracy and ease...
Among the many issues over the last few years, two major human challenges have developed. Could cobots (collaborative robots) be the answer? The first trend is the need to implement social distancing to slow the possible spread of the COVID virus and become more...
There are a number of common challenges in the Shipping and Receiving areas of a manufacturing company. Often there is not a lot of focus by manufacturers to improve those areas, which are actually critical to the companies’ operations and to high level customer...
During this time of COVID-19 social distancing, how do we continue safely manufacturing without a loss of productivity? My expertise is facility planning – creating plant layouts that improve manufacturing productivity. In the past, I helped manufacturers decrease...