Manufacturing SOP creation is breaking down as critical process knowledge remains trapped in training videos and ...

Here's how manufacturing leaders can help their businesses prepare for the changes likely to come in 2026 and beyond.

Authors, Tom Seubert and Grant Vokey, explain how the newest edition of their book, Manufacturing Execution Systems: An Operations Management Approach, Second Edition, helps MOM practitioners ...

Purdue University’s recently launched eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations Purdue Engineering Initiative, or XMO PEI, is positioned to strengthen the U.S. advanced manufacturing industry’s ...

An operational plan is a document that lays out the basic structures and practices of a business. It may exist as an independent document or as part of a larger business plan. For a manufacturing ...

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

Amid all the interest in the digital transformation of the manufacturing and processing industries, most discussions tend to focus on data and analytics. These factors are, of course, integral to ...

It’s a question that crops up with amazing regularity: What’s next after lean manufacturing? It’s an odd inquiry, really, because it implies that you “finish” lean or toss it aside in favor of the ...

As manufacturers embrace Industry 4.0, smart factories and connected operations, a different reality is emerging: smaller, ...