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When chemical processors including those creating plastic, polymer or rubber products utilize batch reactors, following the recipe from batch-to-batch and plant-to-plant is critical to reliably and cost-effectively manufacture high value-added materials to spec. This typically involves charging the reactor,...

The most significant marketing challenge of our time is the scarcity of attention from potential customers. Bombarded relentlessly from all directions with too much information, a deluge of products and services, and too many unsubstantiated claims, potential customers have tuned...

Manufacturing is evolving. The industry once synonymous with long hours, assembly lines in dark and filthy plants, low wages, and antiquated processes have turned into one of the most lucrative business types for the future not only of the...

Shifting demand and consumer preferences — like the demand for sustainable materials and reduced construction waste — are having a major impact on how construction firms approach new work, including the materials they choose for projects. The building materials industry,...

Americold, a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure, knew a significant amount of the rack in one of its facilities was outdated, but they could not stop their ongoing operations at the busy Wisconsin warehouse to implement a rack replacement....

After working on his own as an independent healthcare insurance broker for several years, Ryan recently took a job with a bigger brokerage. When he broke the news to his wife that the company he joined did not offer...

Within my first 6 years in the US Army, I had been a member of four different Battalions (around 700 soldiers organized into four sub units), been a member of two combat arms branches, evaluated leaders from six different...

Today, even in highly automated production environments, standard operating procedures (SOPs) for startup/shutdown, material loading/unloading, line switchovers, clean-in-place, maintenance preparation and other tasks are still completed manually, using paper-based systems. Unfortunately, this creates a significant disconnect between equipment operators and...

In Lean manufacturing, the goal is simple: eliminate waste and keep what adds value. Now in widespread use, the principles of Lean provide value across markets for a variety of very different companies. However, standard Lean thinking alone cannot...

GPS Education Partners (GPSEd), a community-based nonprofit and leading provider of work-based learning solutions for youth, has officially announced a partnership with LAB Midwest, a world-class provider of relevant curriculum, e-learning and training equipment for education and industry that prepares students...