“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” – Bill Gates As the new millennium unfolds, the industrial spend on robotics will continue to escalate over the […] Read more

“Digital technology, pervasively, is getting embedded in every place: every thing, every person, every walk of life is being fundamentally shaped by digital technology — it is happening in our homes, our work, our places of entertainment. It’s amazing to think of a world as a computer. I think that’s the right metaphor for us […] Read more

With the majority of events that have taken place in 2020 such as bush fires in two opposite ends of the globe, the explosion in Beirut, COVID-19, and on a happier note the return of US astronauts to space via their own rockets, it is evident that the world is filled with booms and downturns […] Read more

With the majority of us, including industrial engineers and industrial CEO’s working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic , we all received something that we subsconsciously thought about when we were getting up, driving the half an hour to forty minutes to the plant, somewhat dreading that morning meeting, knowing that there were root cause […] Read more

“As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership.” – Amit Ray, Famous AI Scientist, Author of Compassionate Artificial Intelligence Finding stability in a world where the global economy is changing all around us, requires us to actually have peace that is generated from […] Read more

Industry 4.0 is changing the way that we live our industrial lives. As an intelligent interconnection of machines and processes, we can definitely look forward to the improvement of systems that are information and communication rich. Fusing our digital lives with our industrial processes will enable the achievement of smart value chains that are just […] Read more

The industrial realm in 2020 still has room for improvement. All fields have yet to capitalize on the advent of things like Big Data and the Industrial Internet of Things. On a system level however, there’s plenty of room for improvement utilizing tools such as Total Productive Maintenance. TPM as the tool is more popularly […] Read more

It is always good to stay in tune with your plant operations. During Industrial Operations, there are often differing problems that will develop along the production journey. With a high quality Daily Management system, an off target parameter will trigger that there is a deviation from a target, and the next steps toward solution will […] Read more

Lean Management in a 2020 lowered production era, is one that will be able to keep plants sustainable. As a system that will pull an organization forward, it is always a good idea to ensure that the feedback loop that keeps the organizations progressing is in place despite the global condition, and despite the number […] Read more

The Universe is one that is composed of order and patterns. Our lives are such that we thrive off patterns. Knowing what will happen, when it will happen, where it will happen, will ensure some semblance of stability and order in an organization. 5S in the industrial sphere, is another process tool that will ensure […] Read more

With continuous processes, standardized work is a methodology that ensures reproducibility of products, and sustains product quality. The key is to ensure that the customer is satisfied with the purchase that they make. Ensuring uniformity in the production process is the key to ensuring that production efficiency is upheld. The combination of three operational tools […] Read more