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Just In Time (JIT) manufacturing has guided industry for decades. But JIT's time may be running out.

With Lantek MES, the entire manufacturing process can be tracked from planning through execution, allowing operators to group parts according to various criteria, such as machines, materials, thicknesses, customer and delivery date.

Regionalization is becoming a powerful strategy to overcome risks to business continuity arising from tariffs, geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions and other challenges. But using it purely as a defensive de-risking maneuver misses the overall narrative.

For SME and Manufacturing Engineering (ME), 2022 has proven to be consequential.

A Department of Defense cybersecurity mandate will affect suppliers. The founder of ProShop ERP explains how.

Shops today must track or measure their manufacturing operations to improve them. This need drives the growing use of MTConnect—an open, royalty-free protocol for extracting data from practically any piece of equipment, including machine tools and other manufacturing systems. The integration of MTConnect is a major undertaking, and can be a bit challenging unless certain preparations are made ahead of time.

Why manufacturing hiring managers need to take a page from the "gig" economy to fill hourly job openings.

With U.S. unemployment spiking in 2020, the skills gap in manufacturing continues to worsen.

An Eaton executive describes the automotive supplier's plans to utilize Industry 4.0.

Claudia Jarrett, U.S. country manager at automation parts supplier EU Automation, explains why robots are more than affordable for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs).