--- title: Amper Blog | Manufacturing Best Practices (2) description: Amper resources to help manufacturer's just like you within the industry and on your shop-floor (2) --- # The Amper Manufacturing Blog [News Product Updates ## Introducing Target Tracker: Meet Your Production Goals with Confidence Jun 2, 2023 ](https://blog.amper.xyz/introducing-target-tracker) [News Industry 4.0 Hiring & Developing Talent ## Manufacturing Is Sexy: A Misunderstood Field of Opportunity Nov 11, 2022 ](https://blog.amper.xyz/manufacturing-is-sexy) Apr 3, 2023 ### [Amper Launches the Amper Way: A New Approach to Shop Floor Digitization](https://blog.amper.xyz/amper-launches-amper-way-press-release) Chicago, IL, April 2023—Amper is a Chicago-based tech startup that helps manufacturers modernize their operations.... Mar 20, 2023 ### [How Much Does Manufacturing Automation Cost?](https://blog.amper.xyz/manufacturing-automation-cost) Manufacturing is anything but a static industry. Within it, manufacturing automation is rapidly transforming the way... Mar 15, 2023 ### [Your Guide to PMTS 2023 and Downtown Cleveland](https://blog.amper.xyz/your-guide-to-pmts-2023) Ready for PMTS 2023? Not without this blog you aren’t! If you’ll be in Cleveland—the glorious manufacturing hub on... Mar 6, 2023 ### [Everything You Need to Know About Machine Utilization](https://blog.amper.xyz/everything-you-need-to-know-about-machine-utilization) In manufacturing, time is money. If you’re not producing parts efficiently enough, you might not be able to offset... Feb 7, 2023 ### [How to Use a Slowdown to Take On Lean Projects](https://blog.amper.xyz/how-to-use-slowdown-lean-manufacturing-projects/) As any executive knows, an organization’s financial performance can fluctuate from quarter to quarter. When business... Nov 11, 2022 ### [Manufacturing Is Sexy: A Misunderstood Field of Opportunity](https://blog.amper.xyz/manufacturing-is-sexy) Let’s face it: Manufacturing gets a bad rap. Whether it’s seen as dirty, unsafe, or non-challenging, the imagery... Nov 9, 2022 ### [Understanding the 5S Lean Manufacturing Principles](https://blog.amper.xyz/lean-manufacturing-5s-principles) Lean manufacturing is a type of thinking that focuses on reducing waste and creating orderliness in your factory.... Nov 2, 2022 ### [4 Types of Kaizen and How To Implement Kaizen in Your Workflow](https://blog.amper.xyz/kaizen-projects) Lean manufacturing is a methodology that focuses on project management and process improvement. It helps... Oct 24, 2022 ### [Industry 4.0: Smart Manufacturing Explained](https://blog.amper.xyz/smart-manufacturing-industry-4.0) As the supply chain enters the fourth industrial revolution—known as Industry 4.0—the manufacturing process now uses... Oct 11, 2022 ### [Lean Management: Understanding the Toyota Production Principles](https://blog.amper.xyz/understanding-the-toyota-production-principles) First published in 1990, The Machine That Changed the World is a bestselling book that documents the transition from... [Load more posts](https://blog.amper.xyz/page/3)