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Industry 4.0 & Future of Education

Industry 4.0 You might have often heard from your colleagues or friends about the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 a.k.a I-4.0, but what is Industrial 4.0? As defined on i-scoop.eu from guide to industry 4.0," The current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things and cloud computing. Industry 4.0 creates what has been called a “smart factory”. It is the on-going automation of traditional manufacturing using smart machines and something which used to be fiction and imagination will be turning into reality in near future. An automatic factory is a place where…

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Why On-Shoring is Unfortunately Unlikely

It is increasingly rare in this day and age to find anything that everyone can agree on. The world is very split and politicized with extremes on both sides of the spectrum and very little willingness to budge or to compromise, but there is one thing that you will find almost unquestionable support for: on-shoring. Sure, maybe that’s not what its supporters typically call it, but you hear the same rally-cry in different wording from both grass-roots Green and true-blue Conservative supporters, and everyone in between. “Buy local” “Bring back manufacturing” these sentiments are really just different sides of the same…

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What is 5S & How to Implement 5S using Habits

Have you ever heard about 5s? if not let us dive deeper to understand what exactly is 5s and how our habits can help us maintain the 5s technique. So, what exactly is 5S? 5S is one of the Lean tool methodologies which help companies to improve quality, costs, reduce floor space, and much more. The lean principle often referring to the "Five S Approach" involves a significant amount of Detail, Safety, Order, and Cleanliness. But what does 5S Stands for? it is an ongoing process of making workplace and workspace more Efficient. while each "S" represents the following steps in…

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Is GD&T too expensive to implement?

A simple question with a not so simple answer. Let me start by saying the purpose of this article is not to explain the intricacies of geometric tolerancing. This is more about why you should consider adding it to your company’s toolbox. An often misunderstood or misguided notion that standard tolerances are always the fastest or cheapest way to accomplish the end goal isn’t always the case. Here’s why: What is it? GD&T or Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing is a pre-defined set of symbols and nomenclature. Collectively, GD&T provides a system for engineers to more precisely convey the intent of a…

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