The importance of agility in keeping manufacturers competitive Agility can be defined as the ability to easily adapt to changing situations. The goal of agile manufacturing is to quickly respond to customer and market demands to take advantage of small windows of opportunity in rapidly changing markets, or to be [...]
According to Desmond Savage, medical device manufacturing operations management consultant at ATS Global, “it is crucial to define and follow the smart manufacturing transformation strategy in order to achieve tangible business benefits. ATS plays a significant role in implementations, while being supported by the consultancy and educational capabilities of the Manufacturing Operations Management Institute (MOMi). [...]
Blog Why care about Sustainability? --Mike Smith The case for change As always, the case for change is extremely powerful. If we do not change as manufacturing organisations, then others will overtake us who are more than happy to take on the challenge. There are three key drivers in the [...]
ATS BLOG Compliance, process optimisation, increasing profit, improving the supply chain and aligning to corporate standards are driving investment of Information Technology (IT) in the pharmaceutical industry. According to a report in October 2010 by Gartner Group, there is a need for integrated IT manufacturing technologies, reflected in the [...]
ON DEMAND WEBINAR Going Paperless: How to Transition to Digital Quality Inspections Learn the benefits, considerations and pitfalls of migrating from a paper-based manufacturing inspection to an electronic data collection and analysis solution for improved manufacturing quality. Whether you’re looking for improved traceability, increased flexibility, simplified auditing, automated inspections, [...]
WEBINAR Turning Manufacturing Analytics into Operational Excellence It’s difficult to achieve operational excellence without knowing exactly what’s happening on the shop floor. Pivot to real-time dashboards, what would that mean for your manufacturing efforts? And yet, despite there being a 52% increase in industrial companies deploying formal analytics programs [...]
FREE GUIDE The Smart Industry Readiness Index Smart manufacturing is a constantly evolving space. There are countless technologies promising to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of each operational aspect- inventory, supply chain, assembly, production, asset management, quality management, inspection, planning, etc. Such a technological abundance can lead to confusion [...]
ATS Rapid MOM- A Launchpad for Digitalization Journey Digitalization is a reality! While large corporations are talking about arriving at a minimum digital standard across their supply chain, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are waking up to the reality that this is the ‘only’ way forward! Modern day Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) or Manufacturing [...]
Assessing Quality in Weld Audits Defects missed during weld audits are expensive to correct as components may be added after a frame or other substructure has been welded. Adding value to a defective structure simply means added costs to repairs or scrap. As a supplier to an OEM, [...]
ATS BLOG Smart Manufacturing Goes Mobile By adopting a ‘see and go’ approach, manufacturing teams can adopt more efficient working processes. A fellow member of the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association, Uwe Kueppers, recently had a fascinating insight using the lean manufacturing concept that is [...]
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