Here's how manufacturing leaders can help their businesses prepare for the changes likely to come in 2026 and beyond.

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MES software evolved from rigid, expensive platforms into flexible, cloud-based solutions that bridge business strategy with ...

Purdue University’s recently launched eXcellence in Manufacturing and Operations Purdue Engineering Initiative, or XMO PEI, is positioned to strengthen the U.S. advanced manufacturing industry’s ...

Authors, Tom Seubert and Grant Vokey, explain how the newest edition of their book, Manufacturing Execution Systems: An Operations Management Approach, Second Edition, helps MOM practitioners ...

OEE recently celebrated its first birthday at manufacturer Caterpillar Forest Products in LaGrange, Ga., and the anniversary has been a good one. The metric, more formally referred to as overall ...

Amid all the interest in the digital transformation of the manufacturing and processing industries, most discussions tend to focus on data and analytics. These factors are, of course, integral to ...

Both service operations and manufacturing operations are in the business of satisfying customers, and that requires organization and planning. While the mechanisms and inputs for creating customer ...