Modern Manufacturing (Volume 2) - Real-World Stories from the Plant Floor
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Modern Manufacturing Ebook series by Michelle Segrest provides real-world stories from the plant floor with best manufacturing practices and processes that drive efficiency and reliability.
“From using drones inside a confined space, to driving innovation in maintenance practices, to empowering employees to make the right decisions in a complex manufacturing environment, Michelle Segrest has put herself on the ground in the facilities, and captured the heart and soul of how organizations are finding ways to compete and grow. Her work is a fascinating study of the nexus between tried-and-true manufacturing fundamentals and outside-the-box innovation.” – Kerry Baskins, President and CEO, Peak Toolworks.
The second installment in this three-volume series explores new ways modern manufacturers are using drones to monitor and analyze big data and demonstrates how pilot plants remove the risk from huge expansions and new projects, saving money and enhancing facility performance.
Modern Manufacturing Fundamentals and Best Practices
Modern Manufacturing (Volume 2)—Real-World Stories from the Plant Floor also includes detailed case studies from worldwide industry champions Industrial Skyworks, Reliance Industries Limited, EPIC Systems, Zeton, Inc., DuPont, Alpen High Performance Products, AstraZeneca, Draper, Inc, Festo, Four Roses Distillery, Greenheck, Linetec, Styrotek, and Uponor North America.
Since 2008, Michelle Segrest has been touring manufacturing facilities worldwide for major industry trade publications. She has toured more than 75 manufacturing facilities in 12 countries on three continents. Each plant made a memorable impression. This three-volume ebook series about modern manufacturing showcases the 30 factories that she felt had the most compelling stories to tell about innovation, efficiency, and reliability—with a glimpse of what the future of manufacturing looks like. Michelle shares her first-hand experiences touring manufacturing facilities worldwide, delivering the lessons learned from the best practices of industry champions.
Building the Factory of the Future and Embracing IIoT
Volume 2 explores best practices and tools such as facility design, the industrial internet of things (IIoT), proactive maintenance, plant efficiency, culture change, employee-empowerment, automation, planned maintenance, Kaizen events, and continuous improvement strategies to boost overall plant performance, increase efficiency, and improve reliability.
Each chapter is a detailed case study which can be easily read in one sitting and provides a comprehensive account of how these world-class facilities use game-changing methods to improve plant operations. Each case study also includes key tips and takeaways that can be used in any plant, in any industry.
Foreword by Kerry Baskins, President and CEO, Peak Toolworks.
Afterword by Richard Lindenmuth, President and CEO, Styrotek, Inc.
This is what Kerry Baskins had to say about the Modern Manufacturing series:
"Where some journalists report the news, Michelle jumps into it. She has always been the one to put on a hazmat suit and go into the toughest facilities so she can experience the stories she is reporting on and bring authentic journalistic quality to her work. I found her work on Modern Manufacturing to be genuine, thought provoking, and very relevant for a time in history where manufacturing seems more analogous with something that occurs in China or India than right here in North America. It is a testament to the fact that the passion for humans to improve how we make things is still alive and well!"
Modern Manufacturing (Volume 2) - Real-Word Stories from the Plant Floor is available in many formats:
Click here for the Amazon Kindle version — This version is designed for Kindle readers, mobile phones using the Kindle app, and other ebook readers which use .mobi files.
