Our ROI calculator shows you the value of improving OEE. But exactly what should you do to improve it? Who needs to be involved? What tools and techniques should you…

Technology is reshaping how businesses operate on a day-to-day basis. Major companies are focusing on cost-effective automation processes, improving product quality and simplifying equipment maintenance. This technological shift has enabled…

In our article on the importance of lean continuous improvement (LCI), you learned the advantages of LCI success. In this one, we explain the top six most reported challenges in…

In our article, the importance of lean continuous improvement you learned about the origins and benefits of continuous improvement and that PDCA is the core of Kaizen. But what specific…

The importance of lean continuous improvement (LCI) is the extent to which it has transformed the way that manufacturers operate. The mindset that lean continuous improvement embodies drives ever-higher performance…

Welcome to Evocons’ Lean Six Sigma DMAIC project example. Here you can learn more about the five phases of DMAIC by following an example project. Getting Started This article serves…

Welcome to Evocons introduction to Lean Six Sigma (LSS) DMAIC project methodology. Here you can gain a basic familiarity with what LSS DMAIC projects are about, how they are structured…

Machine monitoring (MM) is the application of IIoT concepts and technology to the unique challenges of the manufacturing sector, specifically to machines and shop floor production processes. This article serves…

As a Maintenance Manager for a manufacturing plant, your world revolves around keeping production running by overseeing the process of equipment maintenance. This post explores how Evocon’s production monitoring and…

Advances in the IIoT, as well as its widespread adoption, are providing new ways for manufacturers to understand and work with ROI analysis. In this post, we explore this topic…

Stopwatch, a pen, and a piece of paper. Or in the best case, an Excel spreadsheet and a videotape. Up to this day, this is the equipment for collecting production…

As the Lean Manager of a manufacturing plant, your primary focus is on the elimination of waste. In this article, we discuss the benefits to Lean Managers of Evocon’s OEE…

Decades of technological development in manufacturing have made operations more complex and multi-layered. We must digest a striking amount of data, generated at all production levels. Workers and managers need…

At the heart of Supply Chain Management is a focus on making things better, faster, and cheaper. Indeed, this focus permeates the wide variety of functions and tasks that a…

Evocon is a production monitoring and OEE tracking solution that helps manufacturing companies drive shop floor improvements. Machine operators are one of the most important players in driving these improvements….

Phillip Crosby taught us that Quality is Free. What he meant was that doing things right the first time is always less expensive than the cost of defects, scrap, and…

Production Managers in manufacturing are in the business of people, machines, and short-term results management. In this article, we explore how this position can benefit from the real-time production monitoring…

A manufacturing plant’s Quality Assurance Manager (QAM) is responsible for product consistency and production compliance with the Quality Management System (QMS). This article examines how a Quality Assurance Manager benefits…

At Evocon, our experience of working with manufacturers worldwide continues to demonstrate the importance of two key ideas. First, real-time visibility into the performance of your production process is a…

Our article, Benefits of Root Cause Analysis in Manufacturing, introduced readers to the benefits of root cause analysis (RCA) and discussed its use in manufacturing. However, we stopped short of…

Fishbone diagrams are causal mapping diagrams that can be used to map the causes of a specific event to different categories. They were pioneered by Kaoru Ishikawa in Kawasaki shipyards…

For many manufacturing problems, but particularly for simple ones, 5 Whys Analysis is an easy-to-use and effective method for uncovering root causes. Moreover, you can apply the concept immediately and…

The benefits of monitoring Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) have been known since Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) became a manufacturing buzz word in the 1980s. In that time, organizations have found…

If you have experience working as an Operations Manager, you know few manufacturing jobs are as challenging. In this article, we explore how this demanding position can benefit from real-time…

Real-time production monitoring is a transformational change. It represents a breakthrough moment for many manufacturers in terms of new levels of efficiency, profitability, and transparency. Any organizational change of this…