Lean manufacturing involves 13 core principles – many more than the ‘five principles’ that are often associated with this ......
If you’re a manufacturer looking to boost efficiency, a process control chart is a simple but effective device to use. A p......
One piece flow is a lean manufacturing method that can be a central part of improving efficiency by increasing productivity, red......
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a simple yet powerful lean manufacturing technique that manufacturing businesses use to visualise ......
Takt time is an important calculation manufacturing businesses can use to ensure production meets customer demand. While takt ti......
Here we give you eight real-world examples of how businesses use Kanban, a popular lean manufacturing tool that’s helped compa......
When Fusion Paper decided it was time to ditch their legacy system and move to cloud inventory software, finance director Claire......
Poka-yoke is a Japanese lean manufacturing strategy that aims to eliminate mistakes and defects during the manufacturing process......
As 2022 kicks in, the manufacturing sector is being shaped by technological change and the Covid-19 pandemic. Digital, connected......
The basic principle of 5S is to organise workspaces in such a way as to improve flow, reduce processes and eliminate waste ̵......
What is Kaizen? And how can you use this technique as part of your lean manufacturing operation? We explain what Kaizen means, t......
Automation is increasingly accessible to manufacturing SMEs as technology gets cheaper – and continuing labour shortages mean ......
The lean assembly line is a critical part of the broader lean manufacturing method – which is now a common approach modern man......
Flow production – also known as continuous production – is one of several key manufacturing processes SMEs can use. Often a ......
Alice is a veteran of our onboarding team – the Success Team – and is personally responsible for 300 (and counting) software......
3D printing technology is now used for a vast array of products – from rocket parts to food, face coverings, medical products,......
We’ve compiled the data and identified the top 5 cloud manufacturing trends for manufacturing SMEs in the UK for 2022, so youâ......
When does batch production work best, and how do you optimise it as a production method? We answer these and more questions – ......
Days Sales of Inventory (DSI) is a key measure to help you understand how efficient your inventory management is. Here we explai......
Serial number tracking – if you’re not doing you probably need to. For the electronics industry in particular serial tra......
UK electronics manufacturers have seen a sales revenue lift of 30% in 2021 vs 2020, outpacing the average performance of manufac......
