You’re running the floor. Parts are moving. Shifts are covered. And somewhere between the first operation and the last, you’re losing 20, 30, maybe 50 percent of what your operation is capable of. You don’t know where. Neither does your … Read More
Author Archives: Alana McWilliams
AI in Manufacturing Workshop & Summit Wichita | Sponsored by Optegrity
AI is showing up everywhere in manufacturing right now. The challenge isn’t finding someone to talk about it. It’s finding someone who talks about it practically. On November 10, the Wichita Manufacturers Association is hosting the AI in Manufacturing Workshop … Read More
Fall Product Update: New Features Built for the Floor, and the Leaders Running It
Running a manufacturing operation means managing complexity that doesn’t slow down; jobs in progress, standards that need to stay current, quality data that has to be captured at the source, and a floor that keeps moving whether or not leadership … Read More
Standard Work Isn’t Just a Document. It’s Your Floor’s Source of Truth.
Most manufacturers have standard work. Few have visibility into whether it’s actually being followed. That’s the gap. And it’s a bigger problem than most operations realize — because when standard work lives in a binder, a shared drive, or someone’s … Read More
Podcast Appearance: Why Most Lean Efforts Fix the Wrong Problems First
Most manufacturers know the theory of constraints. Fewer apply it before they start fixing things. That gap — between knowing and doing — is where most improvement efforts quietly fail. Teams work hard, implement changes, and wonder why the customer … Read More
Why Most Manufacturers React to Problems Instead of Solving Them (And How to Change That)
Every manufacturer has problems. The ones that win are the ones that know how to solve them — systematically, at every level of the organization. Walk into most manufacturing operations and you’ll find the same pattern: a problem surfaces, a … Read More
Webinar: How to Build and Manage Quality Checklists in Gigbot
If your quality checklists still live in Excel, on paper forms, or in a system no one fully trusts, this session is for you. On Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central, Optegrity U hosts a live 30-minute session … Read More
Reactive Maintenance Is Costing You More Than You Think: 5 Lessons — and How Gaugebot Fixes Them
Reactive Maintenance Is Costing You More Than You Think: 5 Lessons — and How Gaugebot Fixes Them Unplanned downtime doesn’t announce itself. It shows up mid-shift when critical equipment fails. In the scramble for parts that should have been stocked. … Read More
KMS Manufacturing Meetup Wichita 2026
If you’re a manufacturer in the Wichita area, mark your calendar for September 22nd. Optegrity and Techam will be at the KMS Manufacturing Meetup at Chicken & Pickle in Wichita — and if you’ve been wondering what it actually looks … Read More
The Hidden Cost of Manual Quality Checklists (And What Happens When You Digitize Them)
Your quality checklist is not the problem. The way it lives — on paper, in a binder, on a shared drive no one updates — is. Every shift, somewhere on your floor, a quality check is being completed on a … Read More