Overall Equipment Effectiveness has been shown to identify the root cause of inefficiencies. A few years ago, the expectation was that big pharmaceutical companies would become R&D and sales and ...

Introduction Modern manufacturing companies are under constant pressure to produce more products in less time while maintaining high quality and reducing ...

Howell’s integrated packaging line increased throughput and reduced labor costs. By adopting new state-of-the-art processes, Howell Munitions and Technology has grown from producing 400,000 rounds a ...

When a multi-die package worth $500 fails final test because of a defect that originated three process steps earlier, the economics of advanced packaging become painfully clear. Each excursion carries ...

The sixth in a series of eight case studies from the Product Quality Research Institute focuses on packaging line GMP optimization. Packaging represents a critical manufacturing operation requiring ...

Germany-based packaging and processing provider MULTIVAC has presented its latest compact slicing line, which according to the company has minimal space requirements and offers systematic yield ...