Most manufacturers have already gone digital. Yet business outcomes haven’t moved in step. Many Connected Worker tools simply extend ERP interfaces ...
One of the most important warehouse design principles is to minimize movement of people and equipment. Unnecessary movement adds time to warehouse activities like product putaway and order picking, re...
According to the American Petroleum Institute, delaying a turnaround could increase costs by 20-50%. The risk of unplanned downtime increases with delays, especially in refineries where the size and c...
Raw materials warehouses play a critical role in the supply chain, holding inventory in or close to factories, to ensure production lines continue to run. But they get less attention than their flashi...
The energy industry is projected to face a shortage of up to 40,000 qualified employees by the year 2025, according to a study conducted by Accenture Strategy on the growing labor shortage in the oil ...
If you read or watch the mass media, you’re seeing or hearing a lot of talk and speculation about the economy. There’s a feeling that we might be headed for some tough sailing in the months ahead. You...
Maintenance, Repairs, and Operations (MRO) warehouses store spare parts needed to repair plant equipment and for field service operations. The MRO warehouse is often the poor relation to its larger si...
Today’s industrial organizations are under constant pressure to do more with less. Profit margin pressures and efficiency demands present ever-increasing new challenges, from attracting and retaining ...
Maintenance rounds (also often called operator rounds) are critical to improving plant performance and achieving business goals without unplanned interruption. In today’s dynamic business environment,...
Companies have spent billions of dollars deploying enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, such as SAP, over the past two decades. However, these innovations often overlooked frontline industrial ...