Experts’ Blog on Manufacturing

This article explores the success story at KMWE who are globalising at a rapid tempo. We are focussing on their global support group, the pitfalls and successes as their journey develops.KMME describes themselves as a reliable supplier and partner to the high tech equipment industry and aerospace. They have manufacturing locations and partnerships in The [...]

In April 2013 at Hannover Messe, a consortium of universities, research institutions and industrial companies in Germany presented a report which called for investment, awareness, ideas and further research to help realise ­Industry 4.0 – a term used to describe a wide variety of innovations in IT, manufacturing technology and materials that will lead to [...]

It’s the people that can make or break the success of an enterprise quality management system, says Mike James.Looking into the glass bowl of a manufacturing plant would be easy if the glass were not so misty. If every parameter were known and visible, accurate and selfcorrecting quality professionals could sit back and sip a [...]

Mike James introduces a series of articles looking at how an enterprise quality management system implementation affects a business. Anyone who has read my articles in the past will know that I am not afraid of discussing the problems of project deployment, as well as their value and benefits. While it is initially necessary to [...]

Mike James explains how the automotive industry can take advantage of enterprise quality management systems to improve product quality throughout the manufacturing process.In the last issue of Prime I presented the first in a four-part series of articles looking at the value of enterprise quality management systems (EQMS) for manufacturers. To start with, I highlighted how [...]