By now, most companies have embarked on a journey of continuous improvement. Team members employ techniques, such as value stream mapping, kaizen events and action workout events, to target an area of the operation that needs improvement. Each day, this process continues: Find areas that need improvement, improve them and then embed the improvements into standard work.
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is pleased to honor MillerCoors’ Eden Brewery with a 2013 Manufacturing Excellence Award. The Eden, N.C., facility will be recognized at a ceremony during the 2013 AME “Excellence Inside” Conference, Oct. 21-25, in Toronto.
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) is pleased to honor IEC Electronics Corp – Albuquerque with a 2013 Manufacturing Excellence Award. The facility will be recognized at a ceremony during the 2013 AME “Excellence Inside” Conference, Oct. 21-25, in Toronto.
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SensorData Technologies Inc., (SensorData) a leading global expert in the development and manufacture of standard and custom force, torque, load and strain sensors, has launched a completely redesigned website www.sensordata.com.
In a ceremony in Toronto at the Association of Manufacturing’s Excellence Inside Conference, Oct. 21-25, the organization will welcome four honorees into its Hall of Fame. The 2013 class of recipients will be recognized for distinguishing themselves in the manufacturing community in a manner that is consistent with AME’s mission to inspire a commitment to enterprise excellence through experiential learning by bringing people together to share, learn and grow.
The Association for Manufacturing Excellence is pleased to honor Bombardier Aerospace with a 2013 Manufacturing Excellence Award. The Toronto facility will be recognized at a ceremony during the 2013 AME “Excellence Inside” Conference.
Okuma America Corporation, a world-leader in CNC machines, has launched a campaign featuring the success story of family-run manufacturing customer, Lumar Machining & Manufacturing Ltd. of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Ian and Jack Wagter, owners of Lumar purchased the company with a customer base of two automotive plants. Today, Lumar Machining has a thriving business powered by their 7 Okuma CNC machine tools. The company will soon expand, adding even more machining technology to their arsenal.
The Best Coaches Know How to Deliver Developmental Feedback. Here’s What—and What Not—to Do.
by William C. Byham, Ph.D.
One of the best ways to view leadership is an ongoing conversation between leader and team members. Sometimes that conversation is about what’s going right and, conversely, it also sometimes must be about what needs to improve.
TeamSupport help desk software earns Bronze honors in the Cloud/SaaS Innovations category; CEO Robert C. Johnson named Bronze winner in the Executive of the Year category.
Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) professionals and engineers attended workshops and a lunch and learn sponsored by the Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) Middle Tennessee Chapter and Aerospace Testing Alliance (ATA). The events focused on factors least considered in maintenance and reliability such as the people.
Yeungnam University Student Uses Dynamic Simulation Software to Optimise the Natural Gas Liquefaction Process, Improve Energy Efficiency and Reduce Costs
Reliable Manufacturing is delighted to announce its next The Manufacturing Game public workshop on 8th-9th October 2013. The two-day event will take place at Gisborough Hall in North Yorkshire and will be hosted by the world’s largest independent exploration & production (E&P) company, ConocoPhilips.
Reliable Manufacturing has announced two further dates to its 2013 programme of Master Classes. The series reaches Scotland for the first time on 30 September 2013 with a Maser Class in Aberdeen and is followed by the second in Middlesbrough on 3 October. The two one-day events are designed to equip business leaders with the operations excellence and reliability principles to improve business performance.