Category: Business

What Agile Can Teach the Shop Floor

What if your shop floor ran like an Agile team? Sprint-based thinking can boost productivity, quality, and responsiveness. By Devashish Kedar  •  Production Scheduler, Mopec Group  •  CSPO • CSM Small manufacturers pushing

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Managing PFAS Risk: A Path to Permanent Exit

Manufacturers facing rising PFAS risk can now transfer legacy liabilities to specialized firms and remove them from their balance sheets. By Greg Van Houten, Andrew Van Osselaer, Deborah Slattery-Pereira A transactional mechanism now

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The Cost Not Shown On the Quote

Industrial buyers are recalculating distance, risk, and inventory as regional sourcing changes the economics of supply. By Luz Maritza Sanchez, Customer Experience & Corporate Reputation Coordinator, Grupo Ortiz For years, industrial procurement teams

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WayKen vs. Protolabs

Speed vs. control in CNC machining and rapid production. On-demand manufacturing combines CNC machining, 3D printing and other rapid processes to quickly turn designs into physical parts. Providers like Protolabs emphasize speed and

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