TEEPTRAK blog articles
Summer in industry: challenges and opportunities
It’s already mid-July, the summer that seemed so far away is here, and the fine weather should be here soon. And that means good news! It’s the start of the holidays, for those who aren’t already enjoying them. For the others, the numbers are gradually shrinking. You’re going to have to deal with the consequences of the summer, on your own or in a reduced team. What happens in industry during the summer, and what are the consequences for the plant?
In the race to innovate, how do you spot the projects of the future?
The race to innovate wasn’t always on. In today’s world, offering an existing product is no longer enough to gain a foothold in a market. On the other hand, just a few years ago, offering locally a product that was already available elsewhere was viable…
A competition to boost industrial performance
The competition: Win in productivity! On the occasion of our 5 th. This year at the market, we're offering you the chance to win €40,000 in prizes. There will be 3 winners, so there are three prizes. Put your trust in the leader in industrial performance! For all winners, licenses to use our systems will be offered...
French and European industry, between crisis and shortage?
La pandémie de COVID-19 a bouleversé l’économie mondiale. Dans les livres d’histoire, on pourra un jour lire l’arrêt total de la production mondiale. Dans le même temps, les besoins en masques, en matériel médical et en produits numériques ont explosé. Tout cela a conduit à une pénurie mondiale. C’était en mai 2020, et c’est encore dans tous les esprits. Un an après, où en sommes-nous ?
Ergonomics, a necessary step in your Lean approach
Ergonomics at the workstation is an important principle in Lean management. It helps to avoid disturbing situations, while at the same time generating added value. Taking ergonomics into account helps to reduce movements and their impact…
Will Lean Manufacturing have an impact beyond the shop floor?
In 1913, when Henry Ford was setting up a highly productive organisation based on flow, we were not yet talking about Lean Manufacturing, Lean Office or even Lean. Today, we can safely say that he was the first to use these concepts…
Controlling or piloting, a nuance that makes all the difference.
Whether it’s quality, performance or safety, we instinctively think of control as a way of feeding indicators. But what is control?
Which technology is best: MES or expert bricks?
MES (Manufacturing Execution Systems) are an important link in the chain of production performance monitoring. They provide the link between the sensors, actuators and PLCs that are essential for feeding back production information, and the ERP systems that have become the standard for global production management over the last century. They are far more comprehensive than the expert bricks…
Industry’s good resolutions for 2021
Now that employees have brought the workshops back to life after the holidays, it’s time to make some good collective resolutions. Collective’ implies the entire workforce of a plant. The good resolutions will be ‘best-practices’. They depend on the sector of activity, but are applicable to all companies…
5 levels of maintenance to put under the Christmas tree
As the festive season approaches, manufacturers are taking stock. How productive were their machines this year? At the plants surveyed, around 5% of unplanned stoppages were due to breakdowns or maintenance in 2020….
The 7 wastes of Lean: how to get rid of them?
After rebounding slightly in July, French industrial production is now struggling to return to pre-crisis growth levels, with an increase of just 1.3% in the fourth quarter. With the exception of the food industry, the other sectors are particularly vulnerable and exposed, so manufacturers need to produce more efficiently. The best way to do this is to focus on the 7 areas of waste…
How can you improve your machine performance with a dedicated monitoring tool?
As a manufacturer, your main challenge is to achieve quality production with the best possible equipment availability and maximum machine performance
Yet manual methods of measuring performance are still widespread, time-consuming and unreliable: it is estimated that they cause plants to lose between 5 and 30 performance points…