For engineers and operations managers seeking to improve production performance, selecting the right throughput metrics is critical. This article outlines practical measurement approaches to help ...

The manufacturing process is a complex one that can be impacted by many factors: supplies, equipment, factory overhead, the need for special parts, and the people who work at all points in the process ...

In an industry where product quality increasingly determines competitive advantage, the ability to see what you're processing ...

At its core business process management is the administrative activities aimed at (1) defining a process, (2) establishing responsibilities, (3) evaluating process performance and (4) identifying ...

AI is already helping the biopharmaceutical industry to optimize its manufacturing activities, according to IFPMA.

ocated 90 minutes west of Tokyo in the shadow of Mount Fuji, Oshino, Japan, is home to 9,000 people—which means that in any given year, the robots produced at the town’s FANUC plant outnumber humans ...

Technological innovations throughout the past several decades have transformed the pharmaceutical manufacturing process from traditional batch production to ...

Manufacturers are turning to their ERP and SCM systems for innovations as they seek to modernize operations. Enterprise resource planning and supply chain management software have been essential tools ...