Content tagged with "products"
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June 23, 2009
Validating processes, procedures, and products
Has a customer ever asked you to validate a manufacturing process or procedure, or have you asked for validation from a supplier? In either case, you need to know what validation means for you, your customers, and your suppliers. In Case of Change A client recently wrote: "We are... Read more...
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August 28, 2003
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April 24, 2003
Siege planning or strategic planning
Soon after that comment, toward the end of a globalization workshop titled China and the Middle Market Manufacturer, organized by GSSC and Harris Bank/Bank of Montreal, one frustrated attendee, likely representing a company that had never before been affected, lamented what many... Read more...
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April 10, 2003
Superior Service—Why you need it
Industrial customers value good service even more than retail customers do. They depend on their suppliers to deliver goods on time, just in time, so that they can meet their own customers' needs. And they can measure a supplier's substandard service in terms of lost sales and profits.... Read more...
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October 11, 2001
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June 6, 2001
Protecting surface-sensitive materials in coil processing
In today's world of metal fabricating, reducing the number of steps in the production process is an ever-increasing trend. Fabricators are becoming more efficient by: Feeding production lines with materials that have been slit to the proper finished dimension. Feeding production lines with... Read more...
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May 30, 2001
Abrasive control factors for mass finishing systems
Figure 1: Literally hundreds of media compositions, sizes, and shapes are available. With the advent of the Clean Air Act in the early 1970s, a new playing field for the coating industry began evolving. Simply providing better service and possibly better economics with the... Read more...
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May 30, 2001
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March 13, 2001
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February 15, 2001
Managing innovation in the factory
The common view that new things start in a research and development lab is not always true. Some useful innovations come right off the factory floor. Even more result from an effort to solve a customer's problem. Twenty years ago, Eric von Hippel, a professor at Harvard Business School, found... Read more...
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