Kristin McLane

A Look at Manufacturing Trends for 2022

If there is anything that the challenges, problems, and disruption of recent years have taught us,...

Why You Need a Manufacturing Software Tool

It’s hard to believe that we’re already at the end of the first quarter of 2022. How are you doing...

7 Steps to Improve Production Quality

In today’s highly competitive manufacturing landscape, production quality is crucial.

Quality...

Strategies for Overcoming the Skilled Labor Shortage in Manufacturing

Skilled labor is critical for manufacturing.

People and Profit

This summer, we’ve been talking about profitability. Who doesn’t want more of that? Last week, we...

Inventory and Profit

Over the summer, we want to start a conversation around the tools you provide your workforce to...

Your Next Hire

We’ve all heard the news stories of employers that are not able to fill jobs. It’s been a challenge...

Being Competitive in 2021

I heard someone in an interview the other day say consumers wanted things to return to pre-COVID...

Costing and Quoting

Do you know what it costs to produce a single part, complete a single process or ship your product...

Upgrading Your Legacy System(s)

Deciding when to upgrade legacy systems is a constant debate across all IT departments....

Are You Ready to Move Your Workforce to the Cloud?

You come to work this morning and your workforce is ready to go. Do they have everything they need...

How Do You Deal with a Retiring Workforce

For more than a decade, economists and experts have hypothesized about what will happen when the...

How to Get Started Again in Manufacturing

Post COVID, targets are different and work has changed for almost everyone. This is nothing new and...

Critical Numbers in Manufacturing (Part 4)

In the first 3 parts of this piece on the numbers you need to know in order to be effective at your...

Critical Numbers in Manufacturing (Part 3)

Machines are just a resource for your shop, right? Nope. Not even close. When you are talking the...