Tag: worker safety

Manufacturing companies always seek innovative solutions to enhance efficiency, productivity, and safety. Implementing industrial manipulators is one of the best ways to achieve those distinct yet related goals. Lift-assist devices are particularly helpful, simplifying operations that are physically taxing, repetitive, and sometimes dangerous when completed manually.

In some contexts, the term “lean” can have negative connotations. People typically interpret a lean year for a business to be one where revenues are down. However, manufacturers are increasingly discovering that becoming leaner in their operations is a very good thing! This article delves into the concept of lean manufacturing — what it is, how it benefits companies, and the techniques and systems that support this idea in production processes

From a business perspective, most companies today are past the worst of the supply chain disruptions and their crippling effects. While little about the pandemic or supply chain problems can be considered “good,” some aspects could at least be labeled “instructive.” One is that the pandemic exposed just how fragile our supply chains are.

Let'slook at the benefits of proper ergonomics to manufacturing companies and their workers and the role industrial manipulators play in improving operations and protecting employee health.