In recent years, one of the biggest challenges facing industrial companies is the difficulty in recruiting new talent to succeed retiring employees. This translates into a slowdown in the pace of development planned for the company and the loss of know-how that leaves the plant towards retirement.

They say that information is a weapon. It is also a capital that it is vital to know how to collect, analyze and exploit when it comes to the industry. In factories, as well as in decision-making and organizational spheres, data are the subject of colossal collection and interpretation work. The vol

Supporting quality improvement and reducing all forms of waste are crucial points on which we are constantly striving to remain an industrial company. To do this, we rely on a number of reference materials and documents, including the standard work. Its roles in the smooth running of the company are

Between paper and digital, it seems that it is more a question of the need for evolution than a choice strictly speaking. As the industry continues to shift towards digitization and dematerialization in many of its sectors, it is undeniable that paper-based media will be less and less used in the fu

Each company essentially seeks to improve its performance, ensure high quality and improve productivity. To do this, the Lean management method is often used. It is a set of strategies to reduce or eliminate waste, then optimize quality and increase productivity. Lean management: the main lines Lean

Until recently, industrial maintenance was perceived only as an obligation, a burden for companies and exclusively a source of expenditure. Maintenance operations have a cost, but when they are intelligently organized and managed, they also contribute to value creation. Improving them therefore allo

Digital tools driven by new technologies are essential elements for industries at all levels. They are at the heart of its operation, orchestrating, in particular, the activities in the workshop. This is where everything is actually at stake, where the major strategic decisions are finally translate

Joining the industry of the future with all the transformations it brings requires adopting a change management approach in order to involve the various actors in this transition. In fact, the human capital of each company is crucial to the success of any transformation. Thus, change management must

In a previous article, we talked about training for operators and how to improve it. Quite naturally, in the process of monitoring the skills of operators and technicians, it is necessary to evaluate the learning of employees, this article is therefore in continuity with this theme. Continuous impro

Quality audit is also concerned by the dematerialization of the industry today. This is an unavoidable development that benefits the company in more than one respect. The digital audit is, in fact, faster, more efficient and beneficial in terms of the use and enhancement of information and also allo

The 4th Industrial Revolution aims to push this field to move towards connected factories where people and machines collaborate throughout the production process. The digitalization of industry requires the rehabilitation of the infrastructure and the invention of new methods and processes. For all

The development of a product requires a number of specific operations. To ensure that this work is done in a compliant manner, the production steps must be standardized, formalized and documented. Documents are, in fact, the cornerstone of any business. These are the standards on which all component

The aerospace industry is a highly competitive sector, where markets are difficult to obtain and maintain. Secondly, it is a cutting-edge field that involves increasingly complex technologies. Thirdly, aeronautics has a preponderant notion of safety, particularly that of passengers. Aircraft carry a

Let’s be honest: most industrial companies still work with paper to collect field data. This method has several consequences on the company’s processes: double-entry or no entry, difficulty in centralizing and no use of this data. In contrast, in today’s industry, the value of data

Responsiveness, efficiency and mobility are skills that any company must develop within its teams in order to be efficient and competitive. Among these teams, those in charge of maintenance operations are more concerned by this requirement as their role is decisive in regards to the ability of the p

To support operational performance, continuous improvements must be made in all parts of the company, starting with documentation. We cannot claim to gain in efficiency and competitiveness if the information media are organized, used and transmitted via methods and tools that are no longer up-to-dat

Does the future of the industry necessarily require SaaS-type software? Software as a service” is of interest to many companies, while others are more reserved about these solutions. SaaS increasingly covers more and more services and functional areas of the industry In 2014-2015, SaaS publish

Since production-related expenses and management costs are a necessary “evil”, companies are called upon to act on different fronts in order to generate profits. Innovation is a real lever here, particularly through the digitization of vital documents such as work instructions. The cost

The digitisation of processes is a logic that is already well underway in the industry. The factories are equipped with digital tools that not only make it possible to get rid of paper supports that are as cumbersome as they are impractical and complicated to update, but also to increase the automat

Recruitment is one of the major issues facing industry players. But even when the right people are hired and this crucial step is successfully completed, the trick is still far from being done. It will then be a matter of successfully integrating and training newcomers. It will then be necessary to