Manufacturing Business Technology Blogs
"McDreamy" Fights the Blame Game on "Grey's Anatomy"
Grey’s Anatomy : I Saw What I Saw I’m not normally a Grey’s Anatomy watcher (yeah, right, some of you might say… but I’m not). My wife watches the show every week. I paid close attention to this past weekend’s Tivo showing because my MIT friend Aaron tipped me off that this episode dealt with issues of blame… I’ll try to summarize the story i ... More
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"Get Lean and Prosper" features news, commentary, case studies, and instructions on Lean manufacturing methodologies and Lean transformation.
Schneider Electric's "Energy" University tops 3,300 users
Launched in June of 2009, Schneider Electric’s Energy University–a Web-based learning program focused on energy management and efficiency–is growing in attendance, with more than 3,300 active users over the past five months. While I had heard of the e-learning initiative not too long after its announcement, it was only recently that I got the chance to check it out personally ... More
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Expert insight on the latest GREEN trends, products and news from the professionals within the manufacturing industry.
Research Rap: Unlock My Product Data! Business Intelligence in PLM
A quick peek into some research on … the use of business intelligence in PLM provides insight on taking advantage of the tremendous amount of product data accumulating in today’s PLM systems. The research discusses how the maturation of manufacturers’ PLM implementations has created a tremendous volume of untapped information that can be leveraged to improve product inn ... More
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An ongoing conversation about manufacturers' plans, challenges, successes, and failures in improving product profitability with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
Mandatory Automated Traceability a Possibility?
If recent events are any indication, then it is quite possible that in the near future the FDA may require food companies to maintain lot and batch information records electronically to better facilitate forward and backward traceability. Back in March, Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General of Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services presented findi ... More
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"The Power of the Plant Floor� is an ongoing blog about various challenges and opportunities for food and CPG manufacturers are facing on the plant floor and how they can overcome real-life issues and better improve plant floor operations and productivity to benefit the overall business using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
