3 Vital Benefits of Smart Manufacturing Transforming your industry 3.0 factory into an industry 4.0 smart factory is becoming more of a standard, and less of a “nice to have.” Our team at Ectobox saw this coming, and we’re excited to see more and...
Lean Principles in Manufacturing What are “the” Lean principles in manufacturing? There’s a lot of key aspects and rules that go into lean manufacturing, and five main principles you should strive to follow- Define Value Map the Value Stream Create...
Preventive vs predictive maintenance, each of these maintenance strategies will help improve the longevity of equipment. Regular maintenance will help to keep your assets healthy, reliable, and running at peak performance. Machine downtime gets expensive, even just a...
How accurate is your production downtime tracking? Are you even tracking production downtime? Do you have a good idea of how much production downtime is costing you each week, month, or year? Consultants believe 4 out of 5 manufacturers (80%!!) are unable to...
Digital Strategy vs Digital Transformation: Are you Forgetting one? Digital Strategy vs Digital Transformation. The benefits of a successful digital transformation in manufacturing are near endless. It opens a lot of doors once you have a truly connected factory. If...
