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  • June 07, 2021 | Jim Connett

    Is It Time For an MES Migration?

    Points to ponder regarding MES migration when it becomes clear that your legacy MES no longer meets today’s manufacturing requirements.

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  • January 18, 2021 | Helen Leps

    2020: A year of challenges and digitization

    With Covid19 digitalization is more needed than ever. The manufacturing industry took the chance to tackle automation and digitalization with high force.

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  • August 18, 2020 | Jim Connett

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    Insights on manufacturing data collection: How should data be collected? When should data be collected? Where should the data be stored?

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  • August 04, 2020 | Jim Anderson

    Structuring Successful Manufacturing Initiatives

    How to build a strong foundation for successfully achieving manufacturing business initiatives.

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  • July 08, 2020 | Jim Connett

    Step Away from the Spreadsheet!

    Though widely used, spreadsheets may not be the best tool for collecting, storing, and evaluating information in your manufacturing environment.

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  • November 27, 2019 | Jim Connett

    Process Capabilities that Save. You. Money.

    Implement process capability modules to optimize the run of clean and dirty recipes on tools to avoid unnecessary preventive maintenance activities.

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  • May 29, 2019 | Dr. Lutz Muche

    Research News: Production Forecasting Solutions

    Promising research offers solutions for the automatic detection of bottlenecks, forecasting and prediction of dynamic WIP waves, determination of optimal scheduling of equipment-maintenance cycles and...

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  • April 18, 2019 | Jim Connett

    Dispatching: Line Balancing Using Inventory Ratios

    A different way of approaching production line balancing by using inventory and critical ratios in your dispatching system.

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  • March 21, 2019 | Jim Anderson

    Dispatching With Defined Waypoints

    A discussion of a unique method of line management used to ensure that certain lots will arrive at defined “waypoints” on time.

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  • March 06, 2019 | Vern Puchalski

    Process Capabilities: Static Cases

    When you know what is possible with a Process Capability system in your manufacturing environment, you'll want to know how to get started with implementation. This article walks you through the select...

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