Fatalities and injuries from machines are a high risk in many jobs. They may occur during service and maintenance tasks when workers face exposure to uncontrolled releases of energy after initiating a machine.
During the past few decades, fatalities and injuries have been closely analyzed in workplaces with dangerous machinery. In many cases, failure to lock out and tag out machinery or isolation areas was a contributing factor.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Success in a manufacturing/distribution business starts with your order-entry system. It's an expensive proposition to say that there's no time to do things right the first time, but there's always time to redo mistakes again.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
You spend a great deal of time and money developing unique ideas, products and services. But the more people who know about your plans, the more you risk losing your secrets. To help protect vital intellectual property assets, it's important to require confidentiality agreements.
Monday, January 17, 2022
Good old-fashioned paper is continuing to return to the manufacturing process.
Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Employee performance objectives are sometimes based on output. But that setup can reward the wrong behaviors. It encourages quantity over quality, which fosters a mindset of letting the little defects slide just to get the work done faster. That, in turn, can result in increasing customer rejections rates that can hurt your company's reputation and send customers elsewhere.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
The receiving dock is an often-neglected cash leak for manufacturers. Shipment delays, poor labeling and confusing packaging can severely slow production and cut your profitability.
Thursday, October 7, 2021
The skills gap in manufacturing continues with industry observers, officials and employees saying much of the cause is a lack of women in high-level positions.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
The numbers don't lie. The Manufacturing Institute estimates that there will be 4.6 million job openings in the U.S. manufacturing industry from 2018 to 2028, but only 2.2 million of those positions will be filled. That leaves a skills gap of roughly 2.4 million workers.
Friday, September 10, 2021
The manufacturing supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link. But how does a firm know where its weakest link lies? The answer may be found with predictive analytics.
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Your company probably has security systems in place to prevent theft of computers, machines and products, yet you may not be doing enough to safeguard your customer lists, new product designs and marketing strategies. Manufacturers rank second only to high-tech companies as targets of intellectual property theft.
