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Manufacturing Excellence solutions, do they really work?
What is a Manufacturing Excellence Application? Does it really work? Does my factory need such an application? I encounter these questions frequently. So, what is a Manufacturing Excellence solution? A manufacturing excellence solution, as the name clearly suggests is...
Moving Data from The “Shop Floor” to the “Top Floor”
Moving Data from Shop Floor to Top floor, is it important for you? Any Value chain is incomplete without proper flow of information; no strategic, tactical or operations planning are possible in the absence of information. Top management is responsible for Strategy...
Factory Information System, A Necessity For Effective Operations Management!
FIS stands for Factory Information System; it is an application which is considered crucial by automation experts. There are many versions and variants in which an FIS can be applied in a factory but we will look into that part a bit later in the article. Right now...
Is it Time to Upgrade My Automation, Not So Fast!
The process of automating a manufacturing plant in terms of equipment and information systems is a complex, time consuming and costly process. The risks hurrying the process of automation can be improper automation, the use of obsolete technology in automation and a...