DIRECTIVE CONSULTING PORTFOLIO

whitePaper | May 3, 2023

From Henry Ford’s moving assembly line to Taiichi Ohno’s Toyota production system, now known as lean production, manufacturers globally have constantly strived to make their operations better. The concept of lean, widely known for its tools to eliminate non-value added processes, has been at the forefront of management for the last five decades.

whitePaper | March 22, 2020

Manufacturers are beginning to adopt AI technology themselves, marrying this new technology with the automation systems they already widely use with the advent of the programmable logic controller, manufacturers have been able to increase their productivity while employing fewer people. Here are three major AI ethical problems that manufacturing executive are facing.

whitePaper | November 2, 2022

Vietnam has emerged as a leader for outsourced manufacturing among southeast Asian nations due to its exceptional cost competitiveness and consistent high quality. Vietnam’s location — adjacent to established supply chains across the border it shares with China — provides original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) with alternative sourcing as the costs of doing business in China escalate. Hourly labor rates in Vietnam are significantly lower than other nearby countries; and the nation has implemented strict laws and regulations to protect the intellectual property of foreign companies. The marketplace and political conditions together have enabled Vietnam to sustain the highest economic growth rate in the world since 2000. Understanding Vietnam’s unique financial advantages can help OEMs that outsource manufacturing to achieve a lower total cost of ownership that fuels higher profits and growth.

whitePaper | October 1, 2022

Smart Industry and Industry 4.0 mark the era in which industries are constantly shifting towards the latest technologies. Companies now need to focus on their digital transformation to stand out from their competitors. By equipping machines with sensors, software and other smart devices and connecting them to the internet we are able to monitor and manage them from a distance.

whitePaper | June 2, 2022

For decades, energy-intensive commodity businesses for paper and packaging aimed for better process control, leading to higher product quality with less energy consumption. This would help to both reduce costs and maintain a healthier environment. A plethora of concepts and devices were invented to control the production and verify or predict the product quality. This approach had some measure of success, but it had its limits.

whitePaper | September 12, 2022

Mpac’s remote service helps industrial manufacturers to keep up daily production, identify and resolve problems, and improve processes - all without a physical visit on site. We have been connecting machines to our network since 2004 and thousands of devices worldwide. Using a VPN service, we can access hardware and software, to service and debug the machines remotely.