The Shop Floor

August 2, 2019 Human Error is a Systems Problem

Manufacturing has a human error problem. Or does it? A growing body of research in...

August 2, 2019 Human Performance Explained in One Graph

This post is designed to help you maximize human performance in your operations by introducing...

Five of the top ten all time, worldwide box office earners are superhero movies. We...

The topic of operator augmentation elicits mixed responses on the shop floor. When augmentation comes...

Some manufacturing metrics have stood the test of time. OEE is one of them. Recently,...

There are many factors that can hurt manufacturing performance. Among the long list of usual...

Reducing variability in manufacturing is a crucial step toward maximizing value. However, sources of variability...

July 19, 2019 Do’s and Don’ts of Agile Manufacturing

Do… test again and again “Iterate Faster” is one of the core principles of Agile...

July 16, 2019 Agile vs Traditional Approach to Problems

PROBLEM #1: Workers struggle to use upgraded machines A common problem in the age of...

July 15, 2019 4 Myths About Industrial Automation

In the last 5 years, automation has jumped to the forefront of public discussion as...