Operations

Bausch + Lomb’s Greenville Plant Reaches Milestone, Announces Expansion

Bausch + Lomb’s Greenville Solutions Plant reached a significant milestone as the company produced its the four billionth bottle of eye care products. In addition, the company announced a expansion of the facility. The company celebrated with Michael Pearson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Valeant Pharmaceuticals…


The Future of Manufacturing Training

The future of manufacturing training lies with virtual reality, whether it is a fully immersive simulation training exercise or a computer based training application based on 3D models of the workplace and its equipment. Imagine the Brilliant Factory which operates as a Model-Based Enterprise. The CAD file…


U.S. Hiring Plans for Q4 2015 Strongest in Eight Years

U.S. employers predict the strongest hiring plans since the fourth quarter of 2007 in the final three months of this year, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released today by ManpowerGroup. Globally, evidence of definitive workforce gains remains patchy, amid signs the pace of recovery…


Quality a Top Business Priority for Manufacturers

As global manufacturers grapple with how to employ a unified product and service innovation approach to best succeed in today’s global economy, IDC Manufacturing Insights embarked on a survey to better understand manufacturers’ product and service innovation methods, practices, and plans. The results, highlighted in the new report,…


Bosch Invests in the Workplace of the Future

Bosch’s “Next-Generation Workplace” project marks the next milestone on the road to becoming a globally connected, agile company. This project will equip the technology and service provider’s 240,000 office workplaces worldwide with the latest office applications. The aim is to bolster the agility of how associates work by…


2015 Top Technologies in Advanced Manufacturing and Automation

The research service delves deeper into advanced manufacturing and automation technologies from various technology and market attractiveness metrics such as patent, funding, market potential, applications impact, regional adoption, innovation landscape, roadmap and disruptiveness potential. Technologies covered in this report include: 3D printing, multi material joining technologies, composites…


Seven Additional South Carolina Counties Certified as Work Ready

Seven counties were recognized today for achieving certification through the South Carolina Work Ready Communities (SCWRC) initiative. The counties are:  Barnwell, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Lee, Lexington, and Marion. Gov. Nikki Haley announced that more than half of South Carolina’s counties are now certified as work ready, continuing…


Majority of Manufacturers Worldwide Using Public or Private Cloud

The transition to “cloud also” or “cloud first” is well under way for manufacturers around the globe according to new survey results from IDC.  In fact, in the United States, 41% of manufacturing respondents indicated they are accessing IT resources via the public cloud, based on the…


Internet of Things to Dramatically Transform Manufacturers

IDC Manufacturing Insights asserts that the Internet of Things (IoT) is on track to dramatically transform manufacturers’ products, services, and operations in 2015.  While the hype persists around IoT, IDC Manufacturing Insight notes there are many signs that show confidence in IoT is with good reason. The…


Manufacturers Increasingly Using Spare Parts Planning

IDC Manufacturing Insights today announced a new report, Business Strategy: Spare Parts Planning for Service Excellence. The report examines the subject of spare parts planning and service parts management for manufacturers and the current role spare parts planning is playing in the move toward more strategic aftersales…