In this episode of Forged in Focus, Jon Ward sits down with Green Beret and Objective Secure author Nick Lavery for a powerful conversation about resilience, purpose, discipline and what…
Why Every Facility Needs Someone Who Asks Uncomfortable Questions Last month, we discussed one of the most dangerous phrases in business and industrial operations: “We’ve always done it that way.”…
A hold point is a required inspection or approval step that must be completed before fabrication can continue. Hold and other inspection points are identified in the Inspection and Test…
Manufacturing continues to expand, though most of the manufacturing and demand indexes we track ticked down in August. The ISM Manufacturing PMI eased to 54.6 percent from 55.6 in July,…
Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in July for the seventh consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report. The Manufacturing PMI® registered…
Five Laws That Apply Equally to Life, Business, and Industrial Operations Every summer offers a chance to step back from the day-to-day demands of projects, turnarounds, schedules, and budgets and…
