As a long time vendor to the medical device industry, Fishman® Corporation supports the efforts of the Medical Device Manufacturers Association, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) and the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) to repeal the onerous medical device tax that threatens U.S. jobs, medical innovation and patient care. Here we have a thriving manufacturing segment […]
Tag: SmartDispenser
“If One Takes Care of the Means, the End Will Take Care of Itself…Even with Fluid Dispensing”
One of our SmartDispenser® customers said this to me the other day after he and his team validated the assembly of a plastic part by stabilizing the fluid dispensing assembly process (not sure if he realized he was quoting Gandhi’s message regarding the use of non violence as a means….) It was important that this […]
Why did NBC decide on tape delay for Olympics? We want real time production data…
Like many others, I believe NBC made a huge mistake in deciding to use tape delay for primary viewing of Olympics. In this day of instant, real time production data information, we can’t help but see the results ahead of time, from a variety of sources. Their tape delay makes it all so anticlimactic, not to […]
Great Article by AJ Sweatt, 5 Ways Gamification and Apps can Help Manufacturing
A “young’ colleague of mine recently sent me this article by AJ Sweatt. I had no idea that “gamification” had reached into manufacturing. Corporate giant Seimens has designed the game Plantville for the training of Plant Managers. They even have their own Youtube MultiMedia Room! Quoting from the article; Improving The Image Of Manufacturing – Perhaps the […]
Dispensing Cyanoacrylates for Catheters,Golf Clubs,Cell Phones and you’ve got to be joking…
Originally when discussing the dispensing of cyanoacrylates, I was going to ask; what do a catheter, a golf club and a cell phone have in common. However, now I need to add one more “item”. Yesterday I heard on ESPN about the “instant cure” of wounds by hockey players from the Rangers and Capitals. There must have been a lot of […]
Fluid Dispensing for Manufacturing; Rosie the Riveter and Ben Franklin the Apprentice
We manufacture fluid dispensing equipment to manufacturers. What does US manufacturing really need to do to regain its’ prominence as the world’s greatest builder of products? Many believe that a big part of the solution lies our ability to increasingly attract trained, skilled, hard working employees like Rosie and Ben….. younger and older versions. As this short video on the 21st Century Manufacturing and […]
SmartDispenser® Tip: Use iPad to program
Did you know you could access and program all of your SmartDispensers™ using a single Apple iPad? Simply connect your SmartDispensers™ to the local server or the local Wi-Fi network. Using your iPad access your LogMeIn professional account. Every SmartDispenser® is provided with a lifetime subscription to LogMeIn Professional. Contact your sales representative if you […]
That 70’s Show is Spinning Tales Again and El Presidente must Rebut! (Part 1)
Recently a member of the “That 70’s Show” community put out information that, in El Presidente’s opinion, is not factually correct. As the seeker of truth and facts, El Presidente must rebut this feeble attempt at spinning the facts. For all of you new to this blog, El Presidente refers to the competition as “That 70’s […]