Smart Manufacturing 101: What is it, How do I Get There and Why Should I Care?
You’ve probably heard the term ‘smart manufacturing’ being thrown around by, well, companies just like us. If not smart manufacturing, you’ve probably heard its interchangeable term: Industry 4.0. But, what does smart manufacturing actually mean? What is it exactly? And how do I get there? On Wednesday 14th September, experts from the leading manufacturing ERP […]
Plastic Packaging Tax: Tracking Recycled Plastic Usage in Manufacturing
With sustainability at the forefront of many people’s minds, including the Government’s, a plastic packaging tax has been introduced to incentivise the use of less virgin plastic material in the manufacturing process. Manufacturing as an industry, of course, will be one of the ones hit hardest by this new tax. However, with the right tools […]
How has Brexit and the Covid-19 Pandemic Affected the Manufacturing Industries’ Motivations for Adopting New Technologies?
A recent study by Made Smarter, an organisation created following an industry-led review of how UK manufacturing industries can prosper through digital tools and innovation, has assessed how the events over the last two years (2020-2022) have affected the manufacturing industry and its motivations for adopting new technologies in the future. Made Smarter interviewed 200 […]
Best Practices for Optimising the Production Scheduling Process
Best practices for optimising the production scheduling process Regardless of the toolset, the ‘scheduling process’ in most manufacturing companies is usually hectic and loosely documented. Production processes require numerous elements to work coherently together at the same time: forecasted demand, customer orders, backlogs, capable equipment, the right tooling, specified raw materials, containers/dunnage, work instructions, and […]
Sustainability in the Plastics Industry: Reducing Scrap
Everyone in the plastics industry is under scrutiny like never before. Rarely does a day go by when some kind of negative press is published. Micro plastics polluting our oceans. Single use plastics and their impact on the environment. Waste and scrap plastics sticking around in the ecosystem and threatening wildlife. And then there’s legislation, […]
How to Handle the Rising Costs in Manufacturing Using DELMIAWorks
We’ve all been feeling the rising costs of living, energy bills going up, fuel prices rising and even the cost of putting food on the table has been adding additional strain to the wallet. This creates additional stress for businesses, as employers are put under pressure to increase the salaries of their staff to help […]
How a Global Pandemic Brought Manufacturing Resilience into Focus
Manufacturing Resilience: A view of best-in-class preservation and performance A connected platform can unify your company & accelerate innovation Businesses across the world are still navigating the new landscape as we begin to come out of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and manufacturers are no exception. In fact, manufacturing divisions are one of the top business units […]
The 5 Most Important Supply Chain Metrics
The five most important supply chain metrics for process manufacturers Data is at the heart of good decision-making. “You can’t improve what you don’t measure,” as the saying goes. But can there be such a thing as too much data? Excessive amounts of complex or hard-to-get data can be overwhelming, confusing, and make it hard […]
Top 5 Manufacturing Problems an MES Can Prevent Before They Occur
Save millions of dollars and thousands of hours with your MES Did you know that a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) can deliver the insights you need to know how, where, and why a product’s quality, a production process, or a machine is about to fail? As well as what to do about it? It’s true! […]
(Re)Gaining Control in Manufacturing
Uncertainty is just a fact of life for most manufacturing businesses today. Have you ever asked: Are customer orders going to go up or down – or even swing wildly between the two? Will raw materials be available now or later – or not at all? How can we hire and retain employees with the […]