In case you missed our recent announcement, we now offer virtual installations and service calls using augmented reality (check the coverage we received from Canadian Manufacturing, the Augmented Reality for Enterprise Alliance, and Food Industry Executive). Augmented reality isn’t a new technology — in fact, it’s been around since the early ‘90s. But its application […]
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What’s Your Weakest Link? Types of Constraints
If you’re a regular reader of this blog (and we hope you are!), then you’ll know that our business is built around helping manufacturers maximize the throughput of their production lines by reducing the impact of slow or inefficient equipment. We’ve recently compiled our thinking on this topic into an eBook that walks you through […]
How to Achieve Your Productivity Goals with a Lower Headcount
When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, many manufacturers (especially those making non-essential goods) shut down their facilities entirely. Others significantly scaled back production. These decisions were prudent, as manufacturing plants — specifically in the food processing sector — have been the source of several local outbreaks. Now, those manufacturers are in the process of either […]
Download Our New Guide to Maximizing Your Throughput
Would you like to learn how to: Calculate the throughput of your entire line Identify your constraint Determine where you can gain more throughput Minimize the 8 wastes of lean manufacturing Calculate how much your bottleneck(s) is costing you Learn all this and more in our latest ebook: The Ultimate Guide to Maximizing Your Throughput: Bottlenecks, […]
Garvey’s Virtual Factory Acceptance Tests, Installations, and Service Calls Bring the Future to the Plant Floor
Augmented reality and other remote technologies save manufacturers time and money while keeping their production lines running BLUE ANCHOR, N.J. (PRWEB) JUNE 04, 2020 For many manufacturers, shutting down during the pandemic is not an option. Companies that produce hand sanitizer, food and beverage products, and pharmaceuticals need to keep their production lines running, often at […]
Efficiency vs Productivity: Are You Setting Your Company Up for Growth?
Have you reached the end of the efficiency line? Meaning that you’ve been doing everything you can to increase the efficiency of your operations, but you’re just not getting the results you’d hoped for? This is a wall that even the most successful companies encounter sooner or later. If you’ve done an excellent job at […]
How Fast Can Your Production Line Run? Here’s How to Find Out
On a manufacturing line, faster is better. More products = more profits. That’s the whole point of adding accumulation systems to your line: to increase your profit by increasing your throughput. Of course, there’s a big caveat: those products can’t be damaged. It doesn’t do you any good to produce large quantities of scratched or […]
Introducing Virtual FATs and Service Calls
“We need equipment, but outside visitors aren’t allowed into our plant.” This is a concern we’ve heard from several customers as manufacturing companies restrict visitor access to their plants in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a particular challenge for CPG companies that are working to ramp up production of food and other vital products […]
Transforming Processing Lines to Meet Consumer Demand
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the CPG manufacturing industry. Demand for packaged foods has skyrocketed as consumers now eat most of their meals at home, and companies are struggling to keep up with this demand while also modifying their operations to keep their workers safe. In addition, many companies are transforming their […]
Efficiency Isn’t a Good Measure of Performance. Here’s What You Should Use Instead.
Efficiency sounds like a good thing. Whether it’s in our personal lives or on our production lines, we all want to do things as efficiently as possible. That will help us reach our goals. Right? Not always. In fact, there are times when our quest for efficiency can actually make us less efficient. On a […]