For engineers and operations managers seeking to improve production performance, selecting the right throughput metrics is critical. This article outlines practical measurement approaches to help ...

Regulating manufacturing processes in the medical device industry is challenging. But process signature verification can help manufacturers get a handle on problems before they get out of control.

Discover how supply chain management optimizes production and distribution, reduces costs, and enhances efficiency from raw ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...

Operations is a core functional area of an organization, along with marketing, human resources and accounting. Operations management plays a crucial role in enhancing the quality of products and ...

What could a plant manager from a process manufacturer that makes yarns and fabrics for industrial applications possibly learn from an automaker such as Toyota? Conventional wisdom says companies ...

Andreas Eschbach is the founder and CEO of eschbach, a software company that helps production teams work smarter and enhance collaboration. Within the process industry, the chemical and pharmaceutical ...

Single die packages and products have been the norm for decades. Moreover, so has multi-chip modules (MCMs) or system in package (SiP) for quite some time. Understandably, with ASICs and SoCs becoming ...

For decades, MOM (manufacturing operations management) systems have enabled industrial manufacturing companies to control production and optimize efficiency — from short-term scheduling of operations ...

AI is already helping the biopharmaceutical industry to optimize its manufacturing activities, according to IFPMA.