Supply chain resilience: Part 1 of 3

Supply networks drive the world's economies. Not only that, we are dependent on global supply chains for access to everything from food, to medical...

Securing Golden Screws “Just in Case”

For decades, the general wisdom in approaching manufacturing has been to rely on a “just in time” strategy to ensure component parts are available...

Digital Transformation in the Age of IIoT: Part 2 of 2

INSIGHT #5 If manufacturers can fully leverage the benefits of digitization, all the way from core manufacturing out to the end-user experience, the opportunities are...

Digital Transformation In The Age of IIoT: Part 1 of 2

In the industrial and manufacturing sector, it’s important to make the most of the information provided by intelligent measurement devices. The usefulness of this...

Revitalizing the Civil Nuclear Industry

What has an SME Tier 2 welding and pressure-vessel fabrication business in Mid Glamorgan got in common with the global behemoths of nuclear engineering:...

How to Lower Your Maintenance Cost With the Selection of Durable...

Industrial processes rely on multiple valves that require proper maintenance for sustainable operation. Valves provide means to control the direction and flow rates for...

Unprecedented Innovation for Wastewater Contaminant Testing

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments and PACE Analytical Services have developed an alternate test procedure (ATP) to EPA Method 1613B—PAM-16130-SSI: Determination of 2,3,7,8-substituted tetra- through octa-chlorinated...

Training Reliability Professionals and Subject Matter Experts

Before we elaborate on the specific steps in the training and learning processes, it’s best to just re-emphasize an important fact: Accepting that the...

Training reliability professionals and subject matter experts: Part 1 of 2

As in all professions, there are individuals who graduated near the top of their class, and others who graduated last. Rarely would we want...

Frontloading computational fluid dynamics benefits everyone: Part 2 of 2

see Part 1 here The benefits of simulating early as a part of the design process have been documented extensively. The cost of each engineering...