Medical device developers have a series of hurdles they need to navigate in order to successfully bring their device to market. In today’s infographic, we explore the top five mistakes that can derail the medical device development process and consequently speed to commercialization. Check out the Infographic: 5 Mistakes That Can Derail Your Medical Device Development For more insights into medical device development, commercialization and manufacturing, join Stratos at the American Medical Device Summit 2016 taking place in Chicago on October 5th – 6th, 2016.
Read More →The Digitization of Manufacturing
Technology plays a major role in efficient manufacturing and the early adoption of emerging technologies can lead to a significant competitive advantage. As a result many manufacturers are looking towards digitization to drive profitability and maintain competitiveness. To help us understand how digitization is changing the manufacturing landscape we sat down with Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services, to gather their thoughts on this burgeoning trend. The Digitization of Manufacturing
Read More →The Benefits of Manufacturing in Costa Rica
Plant location is a critical factor in manufacturing profitability and productivity, making the right regional choice is consequently of great importance. Factors such as labor-force, resource availability, proximity to market and available support services are all critical considerations when assessing regions. Costa Rica boasts a robust supplier base, proximity to North American markets and competitive tax incentives. As a plethora of high-tech multi-national companies are already thriving in Costa Rica we asked our friends at CINDE (Cost Rica Investment Promotion Agency) to help us understand some of the main benefits of manufacturing in the region. The eBook below explains why thriving manufacturers have already chosen Costa Rica and provides information to help manufacturers assess their options. Manufacture & Design in Costa Rica – As low as 0% income tax for true ROI Find out more about manufacturing in Costa Rica by joining CINDE at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place on February 29th – March 1st in Chicago.
Read More →Finding the Balance: Compliance, Product Development & Quality Management
Manufacturers are always looking for ways to speed their time to market and reduce production costs without compromising quality. Those who operate in highly regulated industries also have to ensure that their processes remain compliant with regional regulations. It can be challenging for manufacturers within these industries to find ways to improve both the product and the development process without compromising compliance. To help manufacturers navigate this terrain Seapine Software has released the whitepaper below. The whitepaper addresses strategies to achieve efficiency goals by balancing three functional areas: regulatory, development and quality management.
Read More →Warehouse & Facility Safety: Forklift-Free Environments
According to the Federal OHSA there are over 100 forklift related fatalities annually in the US alone. Forklifts are also the cause of over 20,000 injuries annually in the US. In the hopes of developing a safer work environment many manufacturers are looking into options that will allow their facilities to operate forklift free. Seegrid, the pioneer and leader in three-dimensional vision navigation, has released the whitepaper below that discusses the use of vision guided vehicles as an automation handling alternative to forklifts in warehouses and manufacturing facilities. In the whitepaper below, Seegrid explores the causes of forklift related injuries and discusses the benefits of vision guided vehicles (VGVs) as an alternative. The whitepaper explains how the adoption of VGVs will lead to increased safety as well as decreased costs and enhanced efficiency. forklift_free_white_paper For more information on VGVs and their use in warehouses and manufacturing facilities visit Seegrid Online or join the discussion at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place on February 29th – March 1st in Chicago.
Read More →The Digitization of Manufacturing: A Framework for Transformation
Technology plays a major role in efficient manufacturing and the early adoption of emerging technologies can lead to a significant competitive advantage. As a result many manufacturers are looking towards digitization to drive profitability and maintain competitiveness. Cognizant, a leading provider of information technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services, has generated the in-depth whitepaper below to help guide manufacturers on their journey to digital transformation. The whitepaper looks at the challenges and opportunities that manufacturers face in the current environment and cites several industry examples to highlight how innovative manufacturers, such as Mercedes-AMG and Dow Chemical, are using technology to enhance their productivity and efficiency. In the whitepaper Cognizant defines the four mandates that should be adopted by manufacturers seeking to take advantage of emerging technologies and outlines a practical transformation road-map that is built on their digital maturity framework. To hear more from Cognizant, join the discussion at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place on February 29th – March 1st in Chicago!
Read More →5 Operational Leadership Skills to Develop
We have addressed the importance of operational excellence in a number of past posts and have discussed the key role that leadership plays in maintaining competitiveness in the current tumultuous environment. The whitepaper below builds on the information we have already explored by defining the more refined skills needed by today’s modern operational leaders. In the whitepaper below TBM Consulting, a firm that specializes in maximizing enterprise value and growth potential for their clients, shares their insights into the five skills needed for the modern operational leader. For more insights, join TBM Consulting at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place in Chicago on February 29th – March 1st! Be sure to stop by their booth, Booth #14!
Read More →How to Train your VGV (Vision Guided Vehicle)
In an earlier post we introduced VGVs and looked into how they improve efficiency, reduce costs and increase safety in manufacturing facilities. Today we return to VGVs in the form of an automated pallet truck. In the video below, provided by our friends at Seegrid, we take a closer look at how VGVs are trained in their behaviors. The video demonstrates how the infrastructure free design allows VGVs to learn their routes and how 3D mapping enables automated transport through facilities. Don’t forget to catch up with Seegrid by stopping by Booth #5 at the upcoming American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place at the end of the month in Chicago!
Read More →4 Critical Steps to Becoming a High-Performance Organization
High-performance organizations optimize the use of their resources, adopt lean initiatives and processes, boost annual efficiency gains and achieve organizational goals. As the manufacturing landscape becomes more complex, manufacturers must adapt to new models of excellence to remain agile and competitive. Leadership is a key factor in achieving operational excellence. To take a closer look at how leadership will effect organizational excellence, we turned to our friends at TBM Consulting, a global operations management consulting firm that maximizes enterprise value and accelerates growth by working with clients to leverage operational excellence. Last year, TBM conducted an ‘Operational Expertise Leadership Survey’ to identify the largest and most common gaps in fundamental leadership skill-sets. TBM found that organizations struggle with 2 main issues within their leadership teams; issues with management systems and processes, or with actual leadership skills and behaviors (or both). We are fortunate enough to have TBM share their findings with us in the whitepaper below. In the following whitepaper, TBM discusses the survey results and identifies 4 critical steps to close the ‘skill-set gap’ in leadership and become a high-performance organization. TBM Identifying-and-addressing-your-in-house-operational-expertise-leadership-gaps Join TBM Consulting at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 taking place in Chicago on February 29th – March 1st! Be sure to stop by their booth, Booth #14!
Read More →Speaker eBook: Q&A With Bill Remy, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, TBM Consulting
In this second edition in the eBook Speaker Series we sit down with Bill Remy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at TBM Consulting, to gather his opinions on the current and future state of the manufacturing industry. TBM is a global operations management consulting firm that maximizes enterprise value and accelerates growth by working with clients to leverage operational excellence. Given Bill’s expertise and depth of experience, we asked him to speak to the challenges of and solutions to the growing labor shortage, factors driving major change in manufacturing and provide his forecast for the years to come. We are thrilled to have Bill join our distinguished speaker faculty at the American Manufacturing Summit 2016, where he will address the complexities of Driving Strategy in a Rapidly Changing Environment. Bill Remy, Speaker eBook More information on Bill’s session is available on the American Manufacturing Summit 2016 website. For those of you attending the event, don’t forget to stop by Booth #14 to find out more about TBM.
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