I sincerely love exploring our country’s industrial heritage. It is industrial innovation and our “can-do” spirit that built the United Stat...

Preventing breakdowns is a much better strategy than reacting to them. Thankfully we have new tools to support predictive maintenance. 

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My wife Kelly, my dog Nala and I set out to explore our industrial heritage in Deadwood, South Dakota. There we found a rich deep history of...

Manufacturing relies on clear, compliant, and accurate operating procedures.  These documents are the backbone of consistency, minimizing er...

Every manufacturing company adds societal-value in one way or another, but few change the world. The John Deere Company does change the worl...

When you are working on lean, six-sigma and a variety of continuous improvement activities, the quantity of action items can get overwhelmin...

Success for a manufacturing operator stems from a combination of an employee’s work effort, the employees given ability, and the continuous ...