Quality systems often emphasize prevention and inspection, but without a structured problem-solving strategy, organizations risk recurring failures and massive losses. Discover why making problem solving a core pillar can transform your operational performance.| Enhancing Your Business Performance
Discover 9 powerful habits that consistently drive transformation in high-performing manufacturing organizations. From developing frontline leaders to building a culture of ownership and innovation, these leadership principles will elevate your plant’s results—and your people.| Enhancing Your Business Performance
This article is part of our series: Continuous Improvement at Eagle Precision The wax room is at the heart (and start) of our investment castings. By injecting the wax room with fresh ideas, we’ve been able to greatly improve our pouring efficiency, leading to higher production yields, less downtime, reduced remelting rates, and faster delivery times.| Eagle Group Blog
Take a look at Rosie the Riveter. A near myth of heroic proportions, she and her friends had to weld planes, build ships, trucks, and armaments, while millions of menfolk went off to fight in World War II. Have you ever wondered how Rosie learned to do her job so quickly?…| Fashion-Incubator
The japanese language contains a word that is so powerful and expressive that it has gained widespread acceptance in the manufacturing industry: muda. Muda means waste, but it's more than that. It embodies the full essence of inefficiency, uselessness, and squandered potential. The word muda has become a cornerstone of lean manufacturing, which originated in... [Read More]| ProjectEngineer
Poka Yoke, a cornerstone of lean manufacturing, is a powerful strategy for eliminating errors in the production process. By designing systems that make mistakes nearly impossible—think of a square peg that won’t fit a round hole—Poka Yoke ensures high-quality output from the start. It involves inspecting each task for defects, identifying root causes when issues... [Read More]| ProjectEngineer
Many people have heard of Just-in-time manufacturing. But how does it really work, and how can you use it to improve your operations? Most importantly, what are the risks when there is a hiccup in the supply of parts? In short, what is all the fuss about? Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing, a cornerstone of the Toyota... [Read More]| ProjectEngineer
Sometimes you come across one of those very simple, yet amazingly effective tools that most people who have adopted it wonder how they ever did without. Today is one of those days. Kanban is a task scheduling method originally developed by the Toyota Production System in the 1960's to track inventory levels. Although it is being... [Read More]| ProjectEngineer
A discussion of how the Eagle Group uses blasting to process and finish quality castings, including new media used in the process.| blog.eaglegroupmanufacturers.com
An introduction to what continuous improvement means in the manufacturing world and how Eagle Group Precision practices it.| blog.eaglegroupmanufacturers.com
This is an in-depth guide to Lean Manufacturing. You’ll also learn more about the benefits, principles, and examples of lean manufacturing.| SweetProcess