Trade shows, are they worth it? The answer is dependent on what you intend to achieve from exhibiting at trade shows. Without a goal in mind, it will be difficult to measure what you can get out of exhibiting at trade shows. Trade shows have always been a very popular...
Cyber criminals used to target mainly companies with huge financial data but now attention is being shifted to manufacturing companies. More recently, the manufacturing industry has come under the devilish radar of cyber criminals and hackers. The reason isn’t...
ERP failures does not happen overnight, it’s a gradual and gathering of smaller decisions and actions. An ERP system will be said to have failed if it fails in driving up efficiency and effectiveness of the business. Failings of an ERP is dependent on what you expect...
Research shows that the manufacturing sector is at the frontier of the aging workforce trend. Manufacturing firms have reported that about 27% of their workers are aged 55 and above. Not so many engineering and manufacturing firms are aware of this trend. As such,...
Comparing Blending Options At the core of every raw material transformation process lies blending. Getting the right blender is one of the best investments a manufacturer can make. There are different types of industrial blenders. The ability of a blender to mix items...
Manufacturing costs are consistently trending upward recently. Alongside increasing product complexity, production costs are growing as higher quality equipment and specialized employee skills become crucial in maintaining customer satisfaction. While managing all...
Mixing and blending are at the center stage of transforming raw ingredients into food for human consumption in the food manufacturing industry. Mixing and blending are terms with specific meaning in the food industry. Most food manufacturers use the term mixing to...
Purchasing machines can be quite a difficult task for entrepreneurs. The market is full of machine retailers selling similar products. Machines are capital investments and have a great influence on workflow in any enterprise. There are certain considerations to...
There’s a cliché “if you give customers reasons to leave they will, and if you don’t, they’ll find a better experience somewhere else.” Customer expectations are getting higher by the day, creating a wider gap. This means manufacturing companies must work harder, and...
Individuals and groups who seek opportunities to invest their millions of dollars are increasingly turning their attention towards the food and beverage industry. Not only because no one can do without food and beverage, but because the future projections of the...
Additive Manufacturing which can also be referred to 3D printing is a simple process and a technological advancement which involves the use of computer-aided-design (CAD) software and/or 3D object scanners to pass a set of instructions to hardware equipment which...
Businesses have their unique ways of giving prices to their product or services. The two most popular pricing methods are cost-based pricing and value-based pricing. If your company prefers to use cost-based pricing, it merely means your company has its prices set...
Perhaps the Covid-19 pandemic has opened our eyes to the hidden truth. Perhaps we have discovered our biggest insecurity. Perhaps we have found some loopholes. Pharmaceutical companies in the United States have found moving offshore attractive. This is a tactic that...