According to the USMTO report published by The Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), the manufacturing industry has seen a gigantic boom in machine technology-related sales in 2021. For those unaware, The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) Report is based on the totals of actual sales data reported by companies…
Why Manufacturing Companies Should Be Investing in Digital Transformation At Scytec, we believe in changing the current culture of the CNC manufacturing world by managing principles of fact and letting your machines not yet utilized data work for you. As the world moves further into the modernization of shop floor…
You’ve canceled meetings, you have people working from home, and sickness and absence rates are higher than usual due to Covid-19: tough times indeed, especially for anyone running a manufacturing business. Customers are understanding but finished parts and products must still ship, especially if needed for essential medical equipment. These…
Using visual and auditory cues an experienced Manufacturing Manager can often sense when a factory is running well. Silence means no production. No workers present, no production. It’s an informal, and highly subjective, form of machine monitoring with “data” obtained through “Managing By Walking About” (MBWA.) The practice has much to recommend…
Imagine driving a car where the dashboard reports yesterday’s speed and distance covered. It sounds bizarre yet that’s how many Operations and Production Managers run their factories. They know output and OEE numbers for the previous day, but that’s of little help in maximizing performance today. What they need are…
