It’s more important now than ever to be prepared for the upcoming manufacturing skills gap to meet demand and keep productivity at its peak. Read our blog to learn more about the strategies you can implement to shorten the skills gap to increase your workforce and revenue.

Manufacturers’ raw material costs increased for the 15th consecutive month in August 2021. That is one of the key findings of the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business® from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). Given this reality, how can manufacturers ensure they succeed going forward?

A company’s success largely stems from how well the different departments can exchange data with each other. Learn the difference between decentralized and centralized software systems, along with how a centralized ERP system is vital to achieving success.

As a rule, most human beings don’t like change. Especially when it comes to the processes in their workplace that can have a big impact on their productivity and performance, however, progress requires change. Luckily some solutions make a process more efficient and do not require end-user training.

This is our third installment in our Navigating Disruptions series. Check out this blog to see how you can use these insights to stay resilient against supply chain disruptions.  

From plants coming to a standstill to others hitting unsustainable levels with new and skyrocketing demand, companies have had to adapt to an ever-changing landscape quickly. As companies have grappled with these disruptions, an elusive goal has become even more vital: managing productivity. Read on to learn why manufacturing teams are concentrating on increasing their productivity and how digital investments can help.

We are all living in a disrupted world, and to get through it, we need to help each other. In this blog (and in the following Navigating Disruptions Series), learn how to navigate disruptions with agility, resiliency, and with a dash of technology.

Equipment manufacturers for medical and science industries face evolving challenges in maintaining the complex modern machines that help build our world’s life science-related instruments. Read the blog to learn more.

Dynamic information is vital in plant maintenance. It ensures that technicians have all the information they need to do their job correctly and, more importantly, safely. Therefore, the task of assembling work orders for plant maintenance is a critical job that, done correctly, keeps employees out of harm’s way. How can you make sure you are getting your technicians the information they need? Read our blog to find out.

At the end of June, the vulnerability in the Windows print spooler known as PrintNightmare was published. At the beginning of July, Microsoft provided patches for it to close the gap. Since the problem is found in Windows' Printer Spooler service, Windows Print Spooler has often been disabled as a workaround. However, such disabling may affect some SEAL Systems software components. We recommend to apply the patch instead. Learn more.