Distributors: Can Technology Make Your Business More Agile?
Modern industrial distributors, especially those working with valves and related equipment, generally have a great reputation for being good at providing services and technical information.
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LACSD: Keeping a Giant Water District Running
The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) are among the largest water/wastewater agencies in the country, operating 10 water reclamation plants and one ocean discharge wastewater treatment plant.
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Using Data to Run our Plants
Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things are allowing increased use of adaptive analytics in running our plants.
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Factory Workforce Training: What You Need to Know in 2018
It is no news to the valve manufacturing industry, and it is something VMA with its Valve Careers initiative is working to alleviate: As the most experienced and knowledgeable workers retire from manufacturing and process control, business leaders must find ways to fill the positions they leave.
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“Borrowing” a Distributor Partner’s Capabilities
Plant owners, operators and purchasing managers have a challenging job: They must make sure their plants run with little downtime, maximum safety and top efficiency.
Integration of Automation Lifecycles: Functional Safety, Cybersecurity and Alarm Management
Risk management of a manufacturing process requires a deep dive into the functional safety, cybersecurity and alarm management lifecycles.
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Steps to Integrating LEAN Principles into Valve Manufacturing
According to BusinessDictionary.com, the definition of “lean” is “doing more with less by employing 'lean thinking.'” Since the end of World War II, when lean manufacturing was developed and implemented in Japan, the many benefits of manufacturing this way continue to show merit.
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The VMA Knowledge Forum, Part Two: The Human Factor
By: Judy Tibbs, Editorial Consultant, VALVE Magazine
Finding and retaining the right talent is a continual challenge to manufacturers who say the skills shortage has negatively impacted their ability to expand.
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The VMA Knowledge Forum, Part One: Technology at the Forefront
The first VMA Valve Industry Knowledge Forum, April 11-13 in Savannah, GA, provided a potpourri of topics for valve industry professionals from all disciplines.
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