Downtime impacts manufacturing operations and revenue by immediately reducing throughput while increasing labor, scrap, expedite shipping, and missed delivery penalties. Even brief stoppages can ripple across upstream suppliers and downstream customers, turning a localized equipment issue into a plant wide cost event. The most profitable manufacturers treat downtime as a...
What SMBs Can Learn from YouTube’s NFL Streaming Test
When YouTube streamed its first exclusive NFL game for free last week, over 17 million people tuned in at the same time. For NFL fans hosting watch parties, the nightmare scenario would have been the feed stuttering or dropping mid-game. According to The Verge, YouTube even had a “Doomsday Armageddon”...