I learned a lot about availability and utilization during my railroad construction days when I had the pleasure of working with a very big, very old and incredibly complicated tie tamper as a key ...

Mazak USA’s CNC machine assembly plant in Florence, Ken., recently the site of an extensive expansion and process improvement program. The American manufacturing renaissance is in motion at Mazak’s ...

Measuring and managing utilization is difficult. It is easy to know exactly where the heavy iron is located and to record hours worked. It is a much more complex problem when it comes to the 4-inch ...