Why does a company choose to deploy Lean techniques? Let’s start with one of the most basic reasons “why”. Companies deploy Lean techniques to become more cost competitive. Everyone buys into [...]
Some people might answer the question, “Why aren’t there more good leaders?” by saying that there are not enough individuals who are born as leaders. However, leadership is not something a [...]
Manufacturers need to make a difference. Why should any company consider deploying Industry 4.0? Because it can revolutionize how manufacturers do their business. SAP Insights explains the [...]
The Key To Delivering Effective Performance Feedback To Your Team Delivering constructive performance feedback is rarely something that a plant manager looks forward to, but it’s one of the most [...]
A while back, CEO of Raven AI, Martin Cloake, wrote an article for LinkedIn titled, ‘Lean vs digital: why Industry 4.0’s identity crisis is costing us so much’. We sat down with Martin on the [...]
Raven Podcast #1 Employee engagement: it’s a challenge that can either excite or frustrate a manager. In the fast-paced environment of a manufacturing facility, it can feel nigh impossible. We [...]
They say that only 1% of the world’s data is being used. When I entered the world of manufacturing, I was obsessed with that 1% of data. Convinced of its value, I manually searched the data for [...]
Production Loss and Data-driven Decisions In the world of manufacturing management, lean manufacturing has become synonymous with the best practice of eliminating waste and providing consumers [...]
AI, What’s the scoop? In my line of work, I talk to a lot of manufacturers. While I have a background in manufacturing, I still learn from each site I visit. Every company is different, but [...]
Raven.ai announced that it raised $6.1 million in equity financing from angel investors. Notable contributors include Fresh Founders (including Shopify’s Tobi Lütke and Harley Finklestein), Rob [...]
Employers and managers know firsthand how engagement plays a large role in productivity. Troubling, a recent Gallup poll reports that engagement levels in the U.S. hover around 30 percent, [...]
Empowering Connectivity through Productive Effort Last month, the unthinkable happened. In my haste to catch my early morning flight, I forgot my cell phone at home. My phone is my tether to [...]
Data or Bust? Data visualization can help human understanding. Many of the best leaders I know, even the ones in AI technology, make decisions based on gut feel. That intuition is based on a mix [...]
I’m a Data Scientist. To an outsider, it’s a job title that might not sound so exciting. I spend a lot of time cleaning and organizing data, getting it ready for analysis. Its important [...]
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion With the fourth industrial revolution in full swing, diversity in manufacturing is undergoing massive changes. Robotics, additive printing, IIoT, artificial [...]
In this digital age, most of us work with advanced technology in some form or another. The typical office worker, and I include myself in that category, uses tools like email, text, Excel, Word, [...]
Industry 4.0 is the face of the future With all the talk about Industry 4.0, it is sometimes difficult to separate the value from the hype. As a standalone term, it can seem like a daunting, [...]
Raven is branching into Healthcare Two weeks ago I had the privilege of speaking on a panel at a hospital’s continuing education session for physicians. While normally the event tackles clinical [...]
Gamification: a bridge between dynamic experience and interactive learning Keeping employees engaged and motivated, especially in manufacturing, can be a steep hill to climb. We already know that [...]
Danaher is Driving Change Using Raven.ai For more than 100 year Danaher‘s dental division has developed innovative and high-quality dental products. With a focus on team cohesion and [...]
Smart Manufacturing is the future. Smart manufacturing is a broad category of manufacturing that employs computer-integrated manufacturing, high levels of adaptability and rapid design changes, [...]
The Truths of Data It has become a bit of a cliché in data science blog posts to say that about 80 percent of a data scientist’s time is spent cleaning up the data (and the other 20 percent is [...]
COVID-19 On the Frontline Even with existing hospital safety protocols, front-line healthcare workers are increasingly at risk of contracting COVID-19. Early figures show that 15% of infections [...]
Unlock OEE Potential Using state-of-the-art CNC machines, Nobel Biocare produces precision machined components that are designed to last a lifetime. By improving response time to downtime, mostly [...]
Raven is Smart Manufacturing Lean manufacturing tools have steadily been digitized over the past few decades which has helped move manufacturers from instinct driven management to KPI driven [...]
