Thursday, March 28, 2024

Army Leadership Lessons: Build A Deep Bench – Develop Leaders Three Levels Down

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...

Seven Steps for Solving Business Problems

Successful people all do one thing: they solve problems. They don't just stare at a problem and wish it would go away. The magic key to solving your big, difficult, looming business problems is to break them down into smaller...

The Full Spectrum of Drive Technology

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...

How Air Caster Technology Develops Today’s Education and Training Centers

Prefabrication is changing the current paradigm in the construction and building industry. Modular, factory-constructed built environments can be produced significantly faster, more economically and often safer than traditional field construction. Indeed, a report from industry advisory group McKinsey &...

Extreme Makeover of Refrigerated Warehouse Storage Rack Increases Storage Space and Load Capacity

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provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure, knew a significant amount of the rack in one of its facilities was outdated, but they could not stop their ongoing operations at the busy Wisconsin warehouse to implement a rack replacement....

Digital Transformation of Manual Procedures Eliminates “Disconnect” Between Operators and Automated Processes

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...

Thinking Beyond Lean: Meeting the Demands of Seasonal Manufacturing

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...

Achieving Consistently Reliable Batch Processing to Spec

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,...

Scarcity of Attention: The Most Significant Marketing Challenge of Our Time

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...

Industrial Electric Gas Boosters Promise Quieter, Cleaner, Hassle-Free Operation

For many applications, industrial gases such as nitrogen, oxygen, argon, CO2 and others are delivered in steel cylinders at pressures of 2,000-2,600 PSI.  If the gas is used below the supply pressure, the pressurized supply can be piped and...

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