Continuous Improvement Process

Machine life cycle triggers encompass pivotal events or conditions that influence a machine’s operational efficiency and longevity. These triggers can be both internal and external factors that affect the machine’s…

Continual improvements in manufacturing are a mainstay of remaining competitive. Without machine and production data, both in real-time and historical, there are no means to measure processes objectively. The fact…

Improving your metal fabricating value chain requires continuous attention. Not just to tweak current processes, but also to keep an open mind toward improving with the latest available innovations. So,…

In continuation of our multi-part series on analyzing the value chain, we now look at manual CNC press brake bending operations. CNC bending operations continue to be a mostly manually…

In Part 2 of our multi-part blog series on analyzing the metal fabricating value chain, we will analyze the flow of the raw material. More specifically, how efficiently is material…

So what does your metal fabricating value chain look like? Can you already determine where your improvements will come from? While the improvements may seem obvious, not all are visible…