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In
this Issue:
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| Speed—Manufacturing’s
New Competitive Challenge |
| By
Bruce Tompkins - Managing Principal, Tompkins Associates |
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Today’s
manufacturing companies are facing an entirely different set
of circumstances than existed even a few years ago. Competing
on product quality and price isn’t enough. You must be
competitive in quality and price to even be in the game.
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| WMS
Software: The Importance of Testing |
| By
Bill Hall - Managing Principal, Tompkins Associates |
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Tell someone
to plan on testing a new WMS installation, and you’ll probably
get the same response that school children reserve for adults
who deliver painfully obvious information: “Well, DUH!”
Kids oversimplify things, however, and the person you were talking
to might be thinking too quickly and too shallowly when it comes
to taking new software for a test spin.
More.
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| Rolling
Bearing Vibration Detection |
| By:
Mike Sondalini - Equipment Longevity Engineer |
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All bearings,
even those in perfect condition, produce 'noise' as the elements
roll over the raceways and rub against the internal cage and
flanges. By careful detection and filtering, the noise signal
can be amplified and represented as a frequency series in real-time.
More.
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| Lube-Tips |
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