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4 Ways to Improve Productivity on the Shop Floor

Global Shop

Market-leading productivity can be achieved by testing and defining workflows, simplifying material ordering, ongoing training for employees, regular maintenance of machinery and equipment, and identifying bottlenecks on the shop floor. Its old legacy system had no automation, which required all shop floor data to be back flushed.

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QR Codes are Making the Comeback of the Century

Theatro

QR codes as we know them today were initially released in 1994 by Denso Wave Inc. QR Codes are images that smartphone cameras can scan to access a URL, unique product, or service information, not unlike a bar code. For many years, QR Codes mostly faded their way into obscurity. How can QR codes be used?