Industrial Transformation Blog

At LNS Research, we're proud to say we've always put depth in expertise before the breadth of topics we cover. Keeping quality over quantity in mind, we've been selectively and strategically expanding our team in the past three years. You've probably noticed the number of writers on our blog and the areas of expertise growing accordingly. And today, you can find emerging trends, news, strategies, solution selection advice, and more on topics spanning nearly the entire value chain.

The New Year is a time for reflecting, but it’s also a time to look forward and think about the future. At LNS Research, we’re doing just that. We’ve developed an aggressive 2014 plan to provide you with the research needed to make real progress toward your Operational Excellence goals.

Integrating a culture of quality management throughout an operation requires an organization-wide effort. More specifically, though, it requires buy-in from the top that can be spread across departments, facilities, and business units. That being said, executives have a central role and even a significant amount of ownership in the success of a quality management initiative.

Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is an important metric for many companies' initiatives in Operational Excellence. As of September 5th, 2012 we have now benchmarked over 350 different companies across a number of different strategic objectives, metrics, and operational excellence capabilities in the areas of people, process, and technology.

LNS Research (www.lnsresearch.com) launches its new website focused on helping Information Technology (IT) and Line of Business executives achieve operational excellence in the industrial environment. Through the website, executives will be able to access targeted research documents which include Solution Selection Guides, Best Practices Guides, Vendor Snapshots, Research Snapshots, and Market Leader Case Studies.

The manufacturing industry is going through more changes today than perhaps any time in its storied past. Issues surrounding the economy, government regulations, technological innovation and sustainability have set the industry on a new course and triggered a transformation that is occurring right in front of our eyes.

The Industrial Automation space is not typically viewed as an industry that leads in innovation or the early adoption of new technology. More often than not, the industry chooses proven technology and standards to ensure safe, secure, and consistent operations over time. However, even in the industrial space, we have step changes in technology, the rapid adoption of new systems and architecture every decade or two.