Project Management
Minimize design planning, optimize time to market
Design automation software enables mass customization, accelerates manufacturing, improves efficiencies from sales to manufacturing, and reduces lead times across functions.
Conveyor system modernization increase efficiency, minimizes maintenance costs
A Northern California candy manufacturer’s upgraded their conveyor system, which reduced overall maintenance costs and improved efficiency.
Seven tips for an engineer’s first project
An engineer's first project can be exciting and a little scary, but being prepared and open to the experience can help. Seven tips are highlighted to make the process easier.
Project management methodology simplifies kombucha operation expansion
Boochcraft Brewery, a California-based specialty brewing company, expanding their operations to meet growing consumer demand for their kombucha product.
Building a solid foundation for an automation project
Engineers should always start with a solid foundation when it comes to developing a manufacturing automation project.
Five ways to make site visits beneficial
Site visit extensions can sometimes be unavoidable for system integrators, but consider these five tips to make them more manageable and beneficial when they do occur.
Success through failure with accelerated stress testing
Breaking a product earlier in the development process with accelerated stress testing can yield many benefits.
Six steps toward eliminating obsolete controls equipment
Replacing obsolete controls equipment is inconvenient, but it is a necessary process and can be made easier with an internal audit that shows what needs to be done.
Electrical control system and modernization upgrade for power plant
Burns & McDonnell will serve as engineer-procure-construct (EPC) contractor for an electrical control system upgrade and modernization project for the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant.
Chasing ghosts in the plant
There are times when you just want to throw your hands up and call in an exorcist.
