"My Job" is an occasional item that describes a pharmaceutical manufacturing position from the first-person perspective of someone newly appointed to the job. The intent is to provide over time a ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. - Metrics Inc. has appointed W. David Varley as director of manufacturing operations. Since its start in 1994, Metrics Inc. has evolved from a start-up analytical laboratory into one ...

While smart manufacturing is centered around digitally transforming manufacturing operations to create new and better ways of doing business, data is also key. Unlocking new capabilities, reducing ...

Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

The final metrics I'll address in this series are for productivity. This is a slippery slope. Frankly, I can count on one hand the plants I've seen with an effective measure over the last 10 years.

Nothing is more important to production managers in food companies than efficiency. While having access to better data cannot guarantee the elimination of production outages, it can head off the ...

We all know that benchmarking data can be hard to come by. That's why IndustryWeek is sharing with you a taste of the performances reported by our 2012 to 2016 IW Best Plants winners and finalists.

When looking at organizational costs, it is indisputable that operational metrics are leading indicators of cost performance. Indisputable, perhaps, but not widely known and infrequently used to ...

MESA (Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association) and LNS Research recently published the results of a poll titled "Manufacturing Metrics That Really Matter." This initiative behind the survey is ...

Intelligent manufacturing in many forms has gained momentum and much press. The industrial systems market is flooded with new terms and concepts that have different meanings from industry to industry: ...

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 ...

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 ...