Market analysts watch the monthly statistics waiting for a sign that the country is heading away from another recession. In the meantime, individual states work to boost jobs and slash their budgets, some using measures that were once thought to be unorthodox. Despite the scramble against what seems to be a very stubborn...
In the early months of 2011, the drug manufacturing industry was abuzz with the large number of drug shortages that affected several companies throughout the industry. Although injectable drugs were the most affected, doctors found themselves restricting many high profile drugs due to the shortage. There were many causes, the...
Repurposing is another way to introduce green practices into a factory. It is like recycling, but object being reused doesn't become another thing. Repurposed machines, for example, are used to produce more than one product—products outside of its normal usage criteria. The concept of repurposing is already taking hold in the manufacturing industry...
Automation is an important component of manufacturing. It allows factories to produce massive quantities quickly. The production at a lower cost than the artisan produced prior to the Industrial Revolution. The artisan is the craftsman, the skilled creator who once produced the goods for the area. Production took time, came at a price...
Reuters has the story of a recent Standard & Poor's report on the manufacturing industry: U.S. manufacturers and transportation companies we rate have engaged in a number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) this year, despite indications of an increasingly fragile economic recovery, according to a report published by Standard & Poor's...
Preventative maintenance is all about finding the problem and fixing it before it a disaster occurs. To that end, researchers are constantly working to develop new ways to spot problems. Thermal imaging, examining the factory equipment with an infrared camera, is one such solution. The thermal imaging cameras don't just see into...
In a manufacturing enterprise, the safety of workers has to be an omnipresent concern, from line workers to plant managers to administration. A company which is unable to guarantee the safety of its workers (within reason) is in no position to be providing its customers with quality products, and chances...
A recent Reuters piece helps emphasize a challenge facing the manufacturing industry, and and the economy as a whole: technological advances in manufacturing (and in the products being manufactured) in the US have increasingly meant that manufacturing labor no longer consists of menial tasks for day laborers. Instead, factory workers...
Our last post focused on the growing trend in manufacturing towards higher-skilled, more technical labor in manufacturing. Today, we're going to talk about a few things that we think aren't changing any time soon. Automation has brought a faster pace and greater efficiency to many manufacturing plants. However, some of those plants...
Forming plastic and metal is one of many essential jobs within a factory. The machines called forgers and swages use force to make bends, crimps, semi-complete cuts and other forms into the material. Having a swaging and a forge operator onsite can save a company in the cost of purchasing the parts from...
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