Attracting High-Quality Workers with Higher Quality Jobs

Manufacturers rely on a skilled workforce to implement, oversee, and improve their manufacturing processes. With millions of manufacturing jobs going unfilled each year, small and ...

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Identifying and Eliminating the 8 Forms of Waste in Manufacturing

Continuous improvement and customer-first approaches such as Lean methodology can offer a critical advantage to small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) competing in the global ...

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Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award: Unlock Continuous Improvement

The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) aims to improve quality management — along with overall business efficiency and performance — across all industries in the ...

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Quality Foundations Every Manufacturer Should Know

Whether you’re a seasoned manufacturer or looking to start your own organization, there are certain quality foundations that you should know. Such foundations are essential for ...

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The Benefits of Adopting a Continuous Improvement Approach

Imagine a workplace where productivity was constantly optimized, innovation was always pursued, and new opportunities were frequently discovered! This method of constant ...

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Optimizing Manufacturing Operations on Your Shop Floor

A typical manufacturing process involves numerous moving pieces that each play an important role in your organization’s overall success. Understanding each of these components ...

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Ultimate Guide to Improving Your Root Causes and Corrective Action Processes (RCCA)

If your manufacturing company develops a problem along the way with one of your processes, how do you resolve it? While the shortcut option is to simply patch up the symptoms of ...

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Why California Manufacturers Need to Adopt a Continuous Improvement Process to Survive

California’s manufacturing industry has traditionally been vibrant, with the state having the largest manufacturing output in the U.S. It is host to giant firms such as Apple, ...

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5 Tactics for Increasing Throughput in Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Companies

As a small or medium-sized manufacturer, you always have to work to your full potential to stay competitive. There are quotas to meet and deliveries to be made to satisfy existing ...

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How to Increase Employee Productivity on the Shop Floor

Low productivity can be an insidious problem. For line workers, performing repetitive tasks day-to-day, everyday, year after year, can sometimes have a lulling effect. After all, ...

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The Manufacturer's Guide to Reducing Production Waste

Every year, U.S companies generate over 7 billion tons of solid industrial waste. In light of rising disposal costs, regulatory pressures, and changing consumer preferences, ...

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