By a Submariner Machinist Mate What is a Shipyard? Shipyard is an area designated for the purpose of building and repairing ships. The U.S. has 115 ships related to foreign commerce, 296 military ships and 124 shipyards. 124 shipyards to cater to all 411 ships in need of repair when the time comes. Naval voyages […]
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Ship Repair: Digitizing It
By a Submariner Machinist Mate The earth is about 70% water, yet more people have traveled by plane than those who traveled by cruise ships for vacation. This is measured by revenue at $328 billion vs $35.5 billion respectfully. Why is this? Some easy answers that come to mind are faster travel times on a […]
Waste (aka ‘muda’). It’s something that we just don’t like. From waking up too late and feeling like we’ve wasted time, to wasting food (us Americans waste over 150,000 tonnes of food each day), to walking along a street that’s piled up with garbage, the majority of us don’t want to contribute to or be […]
What do BlackBerry, BP, Target, and a large engineering company have in common? All four organizations failed to assess risk and as a result, suffered hugely (I’ll be divulging the gory details later). But, BlackBerry, Kodak, Target, and the large engineering firm aren’t the only ones. For the average organization, over 85% of its efforts […]
Flat-pack furniture instructions. Do you follow them to a ‘T’ or leave them in the box? Although it takes me twice as long, I never have the right tools at hand, and I always have to re-build parts – I rarely follow instructions when building my flat-pack wardrobes, chairs, and tables. Why? Because they can […]
Nobody expected a world-changing pandemic to happen in 2020. If we did, we would have prepared better. Especially those of us who play a fundamental part in supply chains — like the manufacturers, whose essential items and products need to keep being made, and whose teams were unable to pivot to working from home as most […]
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The Digital Twin Gap Buzz words such as the industrial Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and Digital Twin have started to weave their way into executive key notes and and sales peoples’ pitches from players such as GE, Siemens, IBM, ABB, Amazon, and SEE Forge. It is easy for product offerings to get lost in […]
Subsidize or Pay the Event Fee At our company, we have a policy where we will cover or subsidize event costs or courses that are related to our industry or will help an employee further their professional development. By reminding employees about this policy, I find that they are more willing to attend knowing that […]
9 Sure Signs of a Loyal Customer
As a founder, you know what makes a good CTO, CFO, Social Media Manager and so on. But can you identify the same sort of qualities in your clients? We asked nine entrepreneurs from Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) the following question: “What is a sure sign of a loyal customer?”. Source: smallbiztrends.com “How to Identify […]
