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Internal audits are a powerful tool to improving processes within your organization. However, managing this process with your own team members can sometimes be problematic.  Here are five reasons why your company should consider outsourcing internal audits rather than handling the heavy lifting on your own: 1. Better adherence to schedule. Outsourcing internal audits helps to reduce the chances of delays due to employee turnover or disruptions in production schedules. Having someone whose…

By Bob Bauder, TribLive Carnegie Mellon University's Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute will be the first anchor tenant to set up shop in a former Hazelwood steel mill, officials said Monday. Donald Smith, president of the Regional Industrial Development Corp., said the institute would occupy about two-thirds of the first of three buildings planned for Mill 19, a former LTV rolling mill. Gov. Tom Wolf visited the site Monday to…

By Jill George, Ph.D., DDI http://www.ddiworld.com/blog/tmi/august-2017/what-is-manufacturing-4-0 Manufacturing is continuing to change faster than you can innovate. You’re running hard to just keep pace with digitization, automation, expansion, and shifts in customer demand and employee demographics—the megatrends collectively known as Manufacturing 4.0. Often interchanged with Industry 4.0, a term coined at a conference in Hanover, Germany, a few years ago, or Smart Manufacturing, the use of sensors and digital transfer…

By Dean Group, an excerpt from the article that appeared in Manufacturing Global on March 27, 2017. As a business owner, it is vital that you have a quality management system (QMS) in place. Your customers will return if they know they can trust you, as well as the products and services you offer. Due to the fact that many companies have international relationships, it is also imperative that these…