Content tagged with "benchmarking"
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Article
August 8, 2007
Gaining control of resistance welding
"Running blind" is an expression that can be applied to resistance welding operations throughout the manufacturing world. Many engineers and operators have no clear information on what is actually occurring during the weld or a means to verify the equipment. As the pressure mounts on... Read more...
Article
July 10, 2007
Improving warehouse operations for tube, pipe
Photo courtesy of Combilift USA, Greensboro, N.C. Many large warehouses for pipe and long metal products are more than 300,000 square feet, with 2,000 to 3,000 product numbers, or stock-keeping units (SKUs), and more than five miles of shelving and thousands of bin locations. This represents... Read more...
Article
April 11, 2006
How to get a handle on your inventory
Interest rates and inflation are climbing, price pressures are increasing, and energy costs are rising. Some Wall Street economists say a slowdown has already started, based on the lackluster first-quarter inflation-adjusted U.S. gross domestic product growth, which is almost 20 percent... Read more...
Article
May 30, 2002
Using benchmarking for bend deductions
Benchmarking is using measurement or evaluation to judge similar processes, parts, charts, and methods.
The term benchmark is believed to come from medieval times—more specifically, form the stonemasons who built the great cathedrals of Europe. Before that time local craftsmen built every... Read more...
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