While smart manufacturing is centered around digitally transforming manufacturing operations to create new and better ways of doing business, data is also key. Unlocking new capabilities, reducing ...

Performance metrics for manufacturing operations can be extremely frustrating. You invest money, time and effort to gain control and insight into your operations. You know what’s working. You’re ...

Since 1990, IndustryWeek has been celebrating North American manufacturing excellence via our annual IW Best Plants Awards competition. During those years, these stellar manufacturing plants have ...

Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

The financial impact of unexpected equipment failure can be costly, as AK Steel Corp. shared recently. The West Chester, Ohio-based steel maker reported that an unplanned outage at one of its blast ...

Nothing is more important to production managers in food companies than efficiency. While having access to better data cannot guarantee the elimination of production outages, it can head off the ...

Moving quality beyond enforcement and into daily operations helps teams surface problems sooner and improve performance across the manufacturing system.

Manufacturers’ success rests largely on how effectively they measure financial and operational performance, according to a new industry study.‑Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association ...