Our partners at NiceLabel & Loftware recently conducted a survey of 300 directors in manufacturing across the U.S., UK, France, and Germany. “The survey found that on average more than two-thirds of manufacturers (67%) were having to shut down their production line for more than an hour if there was a problem with labeling printing.” […]
Keeping departments and systems siloed can lead to missed opportunities and a lack of visibility. This is true, especially for sales teams and programs. “In fact, any company that fails to recognize and implement the lessons offered up by its sales programs does so at the risk of stalling communications (at the very least) and […]
Minimizing waste and finding additional uses for scraps in the manufacturing process is a bonus for the plant and often for the environment. Such is true for a whiskey distiller, Glenfiddich, located in Scotland. Glenfiddich is not just a distiller, but they are the world’s most awarded whiskey creators and one of few that is […]
“According to the Logistics Bureau, 69 percent of organizations don’t have full visibility of their supply chains.” Why is this important? In order to improve supply chain operations and reduce costs, you must have full visibility into how your supply chain runs from start to finish. Unfortunately, many manufacturers have their data siloed in multiple […]
Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP has been an essential part of many businesses from mid-size companies to large-size corporations. ERP software can integrate all the processes a company needs to successfully run. ERP systems have evolved over time, and most have created a web-based application, enabling users to access it remotely. Unfortunately, this system can […]
Communication and the ability to communicate are often taken for granted, but not so for a person that has been without this ability. “In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brain waves of a paralyzed man unable to speak—and turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen.” While it will take […]
While we are all still managing our way through a pandemic that has spanned over the past 18 months, there are some positive things, especially innovations that have been “fueled by COVID-19”. Genetic vaccines “Early mRNA vaccines were hard to store and didn’t produce the right type of immunity.” DNA vaccines were more stable but […]