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Maintenance Mindset: Honoring the people and programs advancing plant reliability and operations
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Honoring the people and programs advancing plant reliability and operations

Plant Services has partnered with the University of Tennessee’s Reliability and Maintainability Center on the Reliability of Everything Culture Improvement Awards.
Podcast: Maintenance vs. reliability engineers — Key differences and how they work together
Leadership Skills

Podcast: Maintenance vs. reliability engineers — Key differences and how they work together

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn discusses which engineer works long-term strategic, and which one works the tactical day-to-day and why it...
Podcast: Overcoming manufacturing challenges by leveraging continuous improvement and tech innovations
Lean Six Sigma

Podcast: Overcoming manufacturing challenges by leveraging continuous improvement and tech innovations

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, our experts say the challenge in continuous improvement is not just finding solutions but learning and adapting from...
Navigating the hero’s journey in plant management: A tale of success and setbacks
Leadership Skills

Navigating the hero’s journey in plant management: A tale of success and setbacks

Joe Kuhn says the road to excellence is not always the easy course with challenges and enemies.
Podcast: Smart strategies for training your maintenance team, no matter your budget
Industrial Training

Podcast: Smart strategies for training your maintenance team, no matter your budget

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn provides guidance on where to spend your training dollars and how to train your maintenance and reliability...
Leading maintenance and reliability for the future workforce
Leadership Skills

Leading maintenance and reliability for the future workforce

This eHandbook explores how to be a better leader, as well as how to address the skills shortage.
How technology is driving industrial sustainability
ESG

How technology is driving industrial sustainability

This eHandbook focuses on the technologies already in use to measure and improve industrial sustainability.
Materials handling innovations lift industry expectations to new heights
Materials Handling

Materials handling innovations lift industry expectations to new heights

Sheila Kennedy collects the advanced technologies that add simplicity and efficiency to manufacturing logistics.
Maintenance Mindset: What’s next for Trump’s tariffs, and how quickly will manufacturers feel the effects?
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: What’s next for Trump’s tariffs, and how quickly will manufacturers feel the effects?

Managing Editor Anna Townshend goes down the tariff rabbit hole to explore the process and presidential authority for enacting new global tariffs.
3 ways to align leadership and maintenance teams for AI success
Artificial Intelligence

3 ways to align leadership and maintenance teams for AI success

New study shows that manufacturers are increasingly turning to AI as a critical enabler of efficiency and productivity.
From worker to leader: Navigating the transition to frontline supervisor
Leadership Skills

From worker to leader: Navigating the transition to frontline supervisor

Joe Anderson maps out the essential capabilities and critical skills required for effective supervision.
Maintenance Mindset: Manufacturers prepare for impact of new U.S. tariff policy
Maintenance Mindset

Maintenance Mindset: Manufacturers prepare for impact of new U.S. tariff policy

With a planned 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, and potential wider implementation of a 'universal tariff,' manufacturers are preparing for significant operational...
Podcast: Why process management is key to reducing drift and improving operational efficiency
Leadership Skills

Podcast: Why process management is key to reducing drift and improving operational efficiency

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Joe Kuhn discusses why giving workers ownership over an individual process also gives structure and discipline to your...
Are real-time KPIs helping or hurting manufacturing performance?
Leadership Skills

Are real-time KPIs helping or hurting manufacturing performance?

Joe Kuhn argues that proper time span of control can stop too much focus on metrics and emergency work.
Podcast: What’s next for manufacturing? Key tech and trends to watch in 2025
Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast

Podcast: What’s next for manufacturing? Key tech and trends to watch in 2025

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, our editors share their predictions for the hottest trends in 2025.
Podcast: Improving inaccurate emissions data with new technology
ESG

Podcast: Improving inaccurate emissions data with new technology

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, Anna Townshend explores better measurement technology for greenhouse gas emissions.
Podcast: Why one size doesn’t fit all — Determining employee ratios and organizational structures at your plant
Operational Excellence

Podcast: Why one size doesn’t fit all — Determining employee ratios and organizational structures at your plant

In this episode of Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast, John Kuhn explains why instead of standard employee ratios, the key is knowing the problems that need solving.