“They don’t have standard work,” I said. “Yes they do. I can show you,” replied the supervisor as he pointed toward the binder of work instructions. The supervisor and I were observing the operators ...

Stéphane Donzé is the Founder and CEO of AODocs, with more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise content management industry. Manufacturing organizations invest heavily in product lifecycle ...

Since the first industrial revolution, improving productivity has been a major goal for most manufacturing operations. Today, in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, that hasn’t changed.

Question: We are trying to create some standard work around several processes in our plant. Who should “own” this—the operators who run the process or an engineer? I’m not sure I can get everyone to ...

New York-based assembly work instructions software startup Dirac Inc. launched today with the beta release of its first product, BuildOS. Pitched as bringing work instructions into the 21st century, ...