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3 Vital Benefits of Smart Manufacturing
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 more manufacturers...
An Essential Tool to Help You Follow Lean Principles
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 Flow Establish...
Preventive Vs Predictive Maintenance for Manufacturers
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...
Improper Production Downtime Tracking is Flattening Your Profits
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: 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...
2 ways to Boost your Manufacturing Operational Efficiency Today
Manufacturing operational efficiency is something that all manufacturers constantly need to focus on, and there is no finish line. It would be great to make a number of improvements and then tell yourself "good job, now we can just sit back and keep signing clients."...
The 4 Stages to Creating a Data-Driven Culture
What is a data-driven culture, and data-driven manufacturing? It's simply gathering, analyzing, making decisions, and acting on data. It's for companies that have the expectation to be more productive than they were the day before. Going from point A to point B,...
Manufacturing Reporting: Are Whiteboards enough Today?
Manufacturing reporting and data collection have always been important. The manufacturing sector is becoming more competitive each day. Manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to set themselves apart, make more revenue, and increase operational efficiency. IIoT,...
How to Utilize IoT and Industrial Automation to Generate More Revenue
IoT and industrial automation can work together to help you improve operational efficiency. They can assist you in creating the most efficient factory possible. Some manufacturers view IIoT systems or manufacturing analytics systems as expensive and unnecessary. Some...
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