Manufacturing managers and supervisors often rise to operational leadership positions thanks to technical expertise with their companies’ processes and products. They know how things — machinery, information technology, etc. — are supposed to work, and have specialized knowledge about how to fix those things when problems arise. Unfortunately, things have very little to do with successful...Read More

Early Equipment Management (EEM) is designed to connect the manufacturing and commercial goals in a manner that allows organizations to leverage the foundation that has been established through standardized processes. This methodology brings together all necessary functions at the appropriate time to effectively plan, design, manufacture (purchase) and start-up new equipment at the expected cost...Read More

There are multiple signs that U.S. economic growth may be slowing from falling US Manufacturing growth to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth declines and now the addition of the Covid 19 pandemic. As of September 2019, we have seen a 10-year low in manufacturing growth driven by drops in both new orders and export...Read More